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Johnson & Johnson 2010 - 2013 Scholars

Joanne Chan

Daniel Beachler, MHS
PhD Student
Department of Epidemiology

Project: Albert Einstein Health Network (AEHN)
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Website: www.einstein.edu

Target Population: Medically underserved Hispanic children and families in the low-income communities surrouning the AEHN main campus.

Jeanne A

Grace Lee, MHS
PhD Student
Department of Mental Health

Project: The Youth Connection
Location: Detroit, MI

Website: www.theyouthconnection.org

Target Population: Students ages 6-12 and their parents, in Detroit's Osborn community with over 37,000 residents and 14,000 youth and children under the age of 18.

McHale Newport-Berra , MPH
DrPH Student
Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health

Project: Joy Southfield Community Development Corporation
Location: Detroit, MI

Website: www.joysouthfield.org

Target Population: Uninsured, low-income families living on the west-side of Detroit.

Kevin Conley

Priya Palta, MHS
PhD Student
Department of Epidemiology

Project: United Health Organization
Location: Detroit, MI

Target Population: Parents, children and caregivers in the low-income communities of Brightmoor and Bethune in Northwest Detroit.

 

Elizabeth Parker, MHS
PhD Student
Department of Health Behavior & Society

Project: Institute for Family Health
Location: Bronx, NY

Website: www.institute2000.org

Target Population: Medically underserved public school students, ages 6-12 in low-income Bronx neighborhoods

Stephen Stake, MHS
DrPH Student
Department of International Health

Project: Congreso De Latinos Unidos
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Website: www.congreso.net/home

Target Population: Students of the Pan American Academy Charter School in the heart of Philadelphia's Latino community who have little access to healthy foods or activities and little education about healthy lifestyles and choices.

Michelle Taylor,MD, MS
DrPH Student
Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health

Project: Memphis Academy of Science & Engineering (MASE)
Location: Memphis, TN

Website: www.discovermase.org

Target Population: Impoverished 11-12 year old 6th graders at MASE.

 

Jessika Zmuda, PhD Candidate
Department of Mental Health

Project: The African Family Health Organization
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Website: www.afaho.org

Target Population: Underserved and at risk African and Caribbean, immigrant and refugee women and girls ages 6-12 in the greater Philadelphia area.