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 Medicinencrt-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
