People

Daphne C. Watkins, PhD

Curtis Center Director, Professor of Social Work, Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, National Center for Institutional Diversity

Jaclynn M. Hawkins, PhD

Curtis Center Associate Director, Curtis Center Signature Program Faculty Affiliate, Associate Professor of Social Work, DīMH Lab Director

Kirstn Tatar, MA

Executive Assistant to the Director

Jamie M. Abelson, LMSW, ACSW

Curtis Center Program Manager

Kate Kloss, MS, RDN, CDCES

Curtis Center Program Manager

Keith F. Miller, Jr., M.Ed., M.F.A.

Curtis Center Program Manager

Sharon Norris-Shelton, MSc

Curtis Center Senior Research Associate

Hannah Burgess, MPH

Curtis Center Research Associate

Srijani Sengupta, BS

Curtis Center Clinical Research Coordinator

Lenette Jones, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor School of Nursing

Jamie Mitchell, PhD

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research

Katie Schultz, PhD

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work

Anao Zhang, PhD

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Clinical Research Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program at University of Michigan Health

Nkemka Anyiwo, PhD, MSW

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Columbia University

Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Nursing

Allura Casanova, PhD

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Furman University

Fernanda L. Cross, PhD, MSW

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work

James M. Ellis, PhD

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Assistant Professor, School of Education

Paul J. Fleming, PhD, MPH

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education

Janelle R. Goodwill, PhD, MSW

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago

Natasha Johnson, PhD, LLMSW

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Columbia University

Okeoma Onyekachi Mmeje, MD, MPH

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School

Gretchen Piatt, PhD, MPH

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Department Vice Chair of Learning Health Sciences, Associate Chair for Education Programs, Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, Director of the Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems (HILS) Program, Director of Precision Health Graduate Certificate Program

Chloé Powell, MD

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, House Officer 5 (ADT), Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency, University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine Department of Surgery

James Smith, PhD

Curtis Center Senior Faculty Affiliate, Deputy Dean of Rural and Remote Health in the Northern Territory and Professor of Health and Social Equity, Flinders University

Kara Zivin, PhD, MS, MA

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Marcia A. Valenstein, M.D., Collegiate Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Management and Policy, and Research Career Scientist, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Ed-Dee G. Williams, PhD, LLMSW

Curtis Center Faculty Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Boston College

Keion Harris, BA

Doctoral Student Research Assistant

Nina Jackson Levin, PhD, MSW

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Brittany Ribeiro Brown, MSW

Doctoral Student Research Assistant

Reagan Warnock

Undergraduate Research Assistant