Community Engagement 

Dr. Joedrecka Brown Speights working with a patient in Gadsden County, Florida
Dr. Joedrecka Brown Speights working with a patient in Gadsden County, Florida

Aims

  • Imbue principles of community engagement to make research a shared value
  • Strengthen stakeholder integration and partnerships to create healthy communities and measure health outcomes
  • Expand contributions to the science of community engagement locally, regionally, and nationally that is informed by and with the entire spectrum of community stakeholders

Research Foci

  • Maternal and child health
  • Maternal mental health
  • Cardiovascular disease

Community Engagement Team Leads: Ursula Keller Weiss, PhD and Jessica De Leon, PhD, Faculty, College of Medicine ncrt-ce@med.fsu.edu

Community Engagement Team Members

Jodrecka Brown Speights, MD, Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, College of Medicine

Heather Flynn, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine

John Mathias, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Social Work

Penny Ralston, PhD, Professor, Dean Emeritus, Director of the Center on Better Health & Life for Underserved Populations, College of Human Sciences

Bryant Howren, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine

Julia Sheffler, PhD Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine

Community Advisory Board Members

Miaisha Mitchell, Greater Frenchtown Revitalization Council

Reverend Roosevelt N. Rogers III, Pastor, Old Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, Havana

Talethia Edwards, Executive Director, The H.A.N.D. Up Project

Destiny Tolbert, MSW, Executive Director, The Shadetree Group, Gretna


Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 8:41 AM