2012

Undergraduate Student – Community Grants

• Community Service Farming: Bridging the Food Gap for Baltimore City Youth
  Alexandra Hittman, Undergraduate, School of Arts and Sciences
  Community Partner: Zizwe Allette, Literacy Instructor, YO! Eastside Center (HEBCAC)
• People for People's: Supporting the Health and Well-Being of Baltimore
  Cynthia Idada, Undergraduate, School of Arts and Sciences
  Community Partner: Lelin Chao, Chief Medical Officer, People's Community Health Centers, Inc.
• Amazing Grace Community Kitchen
  Daniel Borota, Undergraduate, School of Arts and Sciences
  Community Partner: Morgan Blizzard, Food Ministry Coordinator, Amazing Grace Lutheran Church
• Juntos (Together) – Latino HIV+ Peer Support Group
  Megan Buresh, Medical Student, School of Medicine
  Community Partner: Alfredo Santiago, Juntos Support Group Facilitator (Social Worker, Department of Social Services), Community Member

Graduate Student – Community Grants

• Addressing Food Insecurity in Reservoir Hill, Baltimore
  Alishea Galvin, Graduate Student, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Thor Nelson, President, Whitelock Community Farm
• Family Health and Fitness Club
  Anne Hendrick, Graduate Student, School of Education
  Community Partner: Elizabeth Obara Piedramartel, Community School Coordinator, Patterson Park Public Charter School
• Truth About Medical Imaging – Addressing Distrust and Promoting Diagnostic Imaging within the Baltimore Community
  Carmen Kut, Doctoral Student, School of Medicine
  Community Partner: Debbie Rock, Executive Director, LIGHT Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc (LIGHT)
• Charm City Clinic: Connecting the Underserved and Uninsured Residents of East Baltimore to Sustainable, Affordable Health Care Services
  Claire Sampankanpanich, Medical Student, School of Medicine
  Community Partner: Andrew Gaddis, Executive Director, Charm City Clinic
• The Pedagogy of Empowerment: Promoting HIV Prevention and Status Awareness among Young Adults in Baltimore City
  Emeline Mugisha, Graduate Student, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Ashley Rock, Program Director of Clinical Services, JACQUES Initiative
• HEaR ME Tweet and Tumblr
  Jeffrey Duong, Doctoral Student, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Carol Berman, Director; Founder, Heart's Place Homeless Shelter
• Discovering Me: Partnering with Young Men Charged as Adults to Create Self-Worth and Positive Self-Image!
  Marcus Seldin, Graduate Student, School of Medicine
  Community Partner: Jessica Turral, Executive Director, Hand In Hand Baltimore
• A Sexual-Abuse Awareness Program, Using Puppetry, for Middle-School Students
  Maya Nadison, Doctoral Student, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Adam Rosenberg, Executive Director, Baltimore Child Abuse Center
• Expanding MInDS in Biology: A High School Outreach Program
  Rosa Miyares, Graduate Student, School of Arts and Sciences
  Community Partner: Krista Porter-Viel, Biology Teacher, Baltimore Talent Development High School
• Understanding the Life Priorities and Needs of Women Recovering from Addiction
  Sabriya L. Linton, Graduate Student, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Vaile Leonard, Founder/CEO, The Light of Truth Center, Inc.
• Catch: Community Based Adolescent Testing For Chlamydia: Using Lessons Learned to Pilot New Strategies for the Delivery of Reproductive Health Services to Community Supervised Juvenile Justice Youth
  Stephanie Witt, Doctoral Student, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Jessica Burns, Nursing Program Consultant, Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
• Improving HIV Preventative and Testing Services to Heterosexual-identifying Migrant Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men
  Suzanne Grieb, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Joyce Jones, Co-Medical Director, Latino Outreach Program, Baltimore City Health Department

Faculty – Community Grants

• Effects of Crisis Response Services on Inpatient and ED Use Among Child and Adolescent Medicaid Enrollees in Baltimore City
  Colleen L. Barry, Associate Professor, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Penelope Power, BCARS Program Director, Catholic Charities
• Behavioral Health Intervention by Paraprofessionals in the Baltimore African American Faith-Based Community
  Courtney Keeton, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
  Community Partner: Vanessa Booth, Pastor, Lamb of Life Baptist Church
• Using Baltimore HIV Behavioral Surveillance Data for New Local HIV Prevention Planning
  Danielle German, Assistant Scientist, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Colin Flynn, Chief, Center for HIV Surveillance and Epidemiology, Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Understanding Urban Gardeners’ Perceptions of Risk from Soil Contamination: Identifying and Sharing Resources to Mitigate Contaminant Exposure
  Keeve Nachman, Assistant Scientist, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Katie Dix, CGRN Coordinator, Community Greening Resource Network (CGRN), Parks and People Foundation
• Reducing Crime through TransForm Baltimore’s Comprehensive Rezoning: The Public Health Case for Addressing Nonconforming Liquor Stores
  Rachel Johnson Thornton, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
  Community Partner: Laurie Feinberg, Division Chief, Comprehensive Planning, Baltimore City Department of Planning
• Baltimore Men's Health Assessment Project
  Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., Assistant Scientist, School of Public Health
  Community Partner: Ryan Petteway, Social Epidemiologist, Baltimore City Health Department