VOLUME I NUMBER IV FALL 2012 SPECIAL EDITION

“I thank you for From the Desk of the Director your support and As we come to the end of 2012, the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of hope that you will Medicine has much for which to be thankful and continued optimism for the future. We are especially continue to be partners, grateful to those who have supported the Institute during the very early years of its development. supporters and friends In addition to individual donors whose support has been most encouraging, we have developed meaningful partnerships that have shared and supported our mission to develop a diverse group of the Satcher Health of leaders who share our commitment to work toward the reduction and ultimate elimination of Leadership Institute, disparities in health, be it due to race, ethnicity, mental health, sexual health or disability. and I wish you well for In pursuit of this mission, we have developed three leadership programs that were covered in previous the New Year.” newsletters: a fellowship for physicians and emerging public health leaders, a community health leadership development program designed for local community stakeholders and master of public health students from Morehouse School of Medicine and a quality parenting program that graduated over 60 young parents from the low income, predominantly minority communities in this year. David Satcher, MD, PhD In addition to these three leadership development programs, we have a 1-2 month introduction to Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute 16th Surgeon General of the leadership program for health professionals and public health students. Two of these students have been clinical fellows in pediatrics from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, which has a David Satcher Scholars Program in Public Health.

Our Health Policy Leadership Fellowship program has received support from Kaiser Permanente, the Office of Minority Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our Community Health Leadership Program has received support from the Marguerite Casey Foundation, American Express Foundation, the CDC and the National Dairy Council. Our Smart & Secure Parenting Program has been supported by SAMHSA and NIH. In September, SHLI and Morehouse School of Medicine successfully competed for a 5-year institutional grant in health policy development from NIH for almost $14 million. This has the potential to significantly enhance our health policy leadership role nationally. In addition, we participated in an NIH-funded P-20 Centers of Excellence on Health Disparities Program. As you can see, 2012-2013 2012 has been a very good year for us, and as we move forward we are hopeful about the Health Policy Leadership Fellows future. My major focus now is on the sustainability of the Institute and, among other things, that means stable resources, strong partnerships and a reputation for excellence and integrity. Our endowment has grown. This year we added the Marta S. Weeks/David E. Richards Endowed Chair in Sexuality and Religion, the first ever chair of its kind. We continue to build on the Poussaint/Satcher/Cosby Endowed Chair in Mental Health and the Jack Rowe Family Foundation’s quasi- endowment. In addition, we have received over $1 million in endowment funds from anonymous donors. While our endowment is indeed growing, we hope to double it over the next year. I thank you for your support and hope that you will continue to be partners, supporters and friends of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, and I wish you well for the New Year.

In This Issue Meet the 2012-2013 Health Policy Leadership Fellows Megan Douglas, JD

Megan Douglas, JD earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia and a Juris Doctorate from the Georgia State University College of Law in 2012. Ms. Douglas was involved in the health law program while at Georgia State University and worked as an intern for the Supreme Court of Georgia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of the General Counsel and the Georgia Hospital Association. She also had the opportunity to observe and participate in the state legislative process for two sessions at the Georgia General Assembly. Ms. Douglas became interested in through her work in the HeLP Clinic, a medical-legal partnership serving low-income families whose children were patients in the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta hospital.

Ms. Douglas is the first Health Policy Leadership Fellow law school graduate at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute. She is also a trainee in the interdisciplinary Georgia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (GaLEND) program at Georgia State University, which involves health professionals, self-advocates and family members of people with disabilities coming together to discuss medical, education and service system improvement. Her ultimate career goal is to shape and influence health policy at the national level. Ms. Douglas was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 2012.

Jammie M. Hopkins, DrPH, MS

Dr. Hopkins is driven to educate, empower, and enable individuals to sustain wellness and healthy lifestyle practices. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from the University of California-Davis, a Master of Science in Kinesiology from California State University-Fullerton and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2012.

Dr. Hopkins’ research and practical experiences have primarily focused on the development, implementation, and dissemination of wellness practices and policies. He is particularly passionate about integrating practical “healthy-by-default” physical activity and nutrition strategies as a means to improve access and appeal for healthier alternatives, improve health and productivity among vulnerable populations, and ultimately reduce chronic disease health disparities. In addition to his interest in physical wellness, he has an emerging interest in addressing the sexual health and wellness needs of African American LGBT populations, particularly African American gay and bisexual men. Dr. Hopkins is committed to capacity-building in community-based organizations to support grassroots sexual health promotion and advocacy efforts, and seeks to nurture strategic partnerships between community-based organizations, academic institutions and governmental agencies to develop policies aimed at reducing stigma and eliminating sexual health-related disparities.

Shanell L. McGoy, PhD, MPH

Dr. McGoy is a native of Peoria, Illinois. She graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Women’s Studies in 2000. While at Spelman College, she was active in the community serving on the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (GCAPP), Youth Leadership Core, teaching elementary science, and mentoring area youth. She earned a Master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. Her thesis explored the health care needs of homeless women living on the west side of Chicago.

Dr. McGoy has had a variety of experiences at community-based organizations and local, state and federal government public health agencies. She has worked with rural and urban communities across the country to implement strategies to address HIV/AIDS. These experiences have affirmed her passion and enthusiasm for public health, particularly to engage communities to be active in achieving health equity. Dr. McGoy completed her PhD from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the Department of Health Education and Recreation where her research explored the ways navigate rural communities to obtain healthy food options. She has appeared on the Today Show, MSNBC, and a variety of local news programs 2 discussing public health issues.

SATCHER HEALTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SHLI.MSM.EDU Kameron Franklin Sheats, PhD

Dr. Kameron Franklin Sheats is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and a graduate of The Seven Hills School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2004 within the Johnson C. Smith University Honors College where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and class salutatorian. During her undergraduate studies, Dr. Sheats completed several international research experiences. Her UNCF/Berbeco Senior Research Fellowship in Dakar, Senegal focused on the perceptions of racial discrimination of Senegalese students planning to study in the U.S. Dr. Sheats was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant for 2004-2005 which funded her research examining the impact of racial identity and racial discrimination on self-esteem in the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago.

Dr. Sheats earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 2010 at the University of Georgia where she was trained as a research scientist and cognitive-behavioral therapist. She completed her clinical internship at the Howard University Counseling Service and the Superior Court of Washington, D.C. Her graduate-level research focus included intimate relationship processes among African American adolescents and adults. She served as a research assistant for the Program for Strong African American Marriages, a community-based intervention program. As a Satcher Health Policy Leadership Fellow, Dr. Sheats continues to examine community- based intervention initiatives to improve mental health care for African Americans and other underserved communities worldwide.

Daniel VanderEnde, MD, MPH

Dr. VanderEnde is a native of Pandora, Ohio. He has spent his entire medical career serving those in need. As a pre-med student at Wheaton College, he organized special events for fellow students in inner city Chicago before graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. While attending Case Western Reserve Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio, he took the final two months of his medical training to help rural patients at the Hospital Bienfaisance in Pignon, Haiti in 1997. Following an internal medicine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, he chose to go to Saipan, a federally-designated health professional shortage area in the South Pacific’s Mariana Islands in 2002.

Dr. VanderEnde then moved to Kijabe, Kenya in 2005, where he directed a training program for Kenyan and international medical students and witnessed the devastating effects of HIV and untreated noncommunicable diseases among the native underserved population and displaced Somali refugees. These experiences and exposure to public health at the London School of Tropical Medicine in 2006 motivated him to commit to sustainably decrease health care disparities. Dr. VanderEnde completed a Master of Public Health at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in 2011 and is working with the Atlanta-based Clarkston Development Foundation on their efforts to improve the health of immigrants and refugees. As a Satcher Health Policy Leadership Fellow, Dr. VanderEnde sees patients at Grady Hospital and is gaining skills that will improve his ability to enhance the quality of and access to care for underserved and refugee populations.

Candice L. Williams, MD

Candice L. Williams, MD is a native of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Williams received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2004. In 2008, she obtained her MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Williams completed her Pediatric residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She is currently a second year General Academic Pediatric Fellow and Master of Public Health student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. Her research examines disparities in the patient care of adolescents admitted following suicide attempts.

Dr. Williams was named a David Satcher Scholar at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2011 and was awarded a scholarship and the opportunity to travel to Atlanta for a practicum at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute. During her time at SHLI in November 2012, Dr. Williams participated in lectures and site visits with the Health Policy fellows in addition to conducting an independent project evaluating school-based suicide prevention programs. Dr. Williams will be completing her General Pediatric fellowship in June 2013. She plans to pursue career opportunities in public health. 3

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