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The URC Board is comprised of representatives from each URC partner organization listed below as well as faculty representatives from the University of Michigan Schools of Public Health, Social Work and Nursing. The Board is responsible for identifying priorities of the URC, and for overseeing the development of new community-based participatory research projects and related activities. Steering Committees develop proposals for new CBPR projects and oversee projects after funding has been obtained. The Steering Committees consist of representatives from the URC Board, but may also have additional community organizations represented as well. Members of the URC Board and affiliated project Steering Committees are involved as appropriate in all major phases of the research process, e.g., defining the problem, developing the data collection plan, collecting data, interpreting, sharing, and disseminating the results and developing, implementing and evaluating plans of action to address the issues identified by the research.


URC Board Partner Organizations and Representatives
  Celia Aaron-Williams, Program Coordinator
Communities In Schools
J. Ricardo Guzman, CEO
Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS)
  Angie Reyes, Executive Director
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Donele Wilkins, Executive Director
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
  Zachary Rowe, Program Director
Friends of Parkside
Alicia Villarreal, President and CEO
Latino Family Services
  Robbya Greene-Weir, Director, Organization and Community Partnerships
Henry Ford Health System (HFHS)
Sonya Grant-Pierson, Executive Director
Rebuilding Communities, Inc/Warren-Conner Development Coalition (WCDC)
  Antonia Villarruel, Professor
University of Michigan School of Nursing
LaNeice Jones, VP of Programs
Neighborhood Service Organization
  William Ridella, Deputy Director
Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
Edie Kieffer, Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Social Work
  Barbara Israel, Professor and Principle Investigator, Detroit URC
Edith Parker, Associate Professor, Health Behavior Health Education
Amy Schulz, Research Associate Professor, Health Behavior Health Education
Richard Lichtenstein, Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy Jerome Nriagu, Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan School of Public Health

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