Faculty Biography

Center Affiliations

Center for Health Policy

Active Research Projects

Title: “Youth Achieving Success (YAS) Mentoring Program for Juvenile Girls”, Funder: US Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2020), Award Number: 2020-MU-FX-0007, Award Amount: $425,000.00. Role: Program Director.

Title: “Building Resources and Initiatives to Develop Growth and Enrichment (BRIDGE) to Success”, Funder: Tennessee Department of Human Services (2020), Award Number: 34530-72720, Award Amount: $8,000,000.00. Role: Co-Principal Investigator.

Title: “Community Partnership Fund 2020 – Youth Violence Reduction Priority”, Funder: Juvenile Court of Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County, Award Number: L-4584, Award Amount: $76,549.50. • Title: “HBCU Big 3+1 Disparities Initiative”, Funder: Tennessee Department of Health, Award Number: 34352-35021, Award Amount: $30,000.00.

Publications

Keywords

health policy, youth violence prevention, health equity, political determinants of health, social determinants of health