Statement on Community Partnership
As a research team embedded in an academic institution, we recognize the historical and contemporary harms that academic and medical institutions have caused in communities, especially marginalized communities. Every day, we are intentional and vigilant about building mutually-beneficial, trustworthy, and authentic relationships in the community in an effort to promote real, sustainable change. We actively resist efforts that exploit or tokenize community members and efforts that are characteristic of helicopter science or health equity tourism. Our team partners with individuals, organizations, and coalitions in and beyond the North Texas community. While some of these are community-academic research partnerships, much of our partnerships are characterized by providing technical assistance and capacity building in program planning and evaluation.
Community Partners
We have active projects or collaborative events with the following organizations:
- Academy of Birth Leaders and Educators
- Birth Equity Collaborative, Tarrant County
- Black Heart Association
- Health Equity Alliance, Tarrant County
- InovCares
- Kansas Birth Equity Network
- NyNi, Inc.
- Parkland Healthy Start
- Pickles and Popsicles, Inc.
- Susan Wolfe and Associations, LLC
- Tarrant County Public Health, Family Health Services
- Yasiin’s Luv
Academic Research Partners
We have active or collaborative projects with the following academic partners:
University of Texas at Arlington
- Dr. Ann Amuta-Jimenez, HEAL Research Lab
- Dr. Grace Brannon, Health Communication
- Dr. Jandel Crutchfield, Social Work
- Tiffany Kindratt, Health Survey Research Lab
- Dr. Jaquetta “Jada” Reeves, S.A.F.E. Lab
- Dr. Jenny Roye, SMART Hospital
- Dr. Jessica Smith, Nursing
- Dr. Jennifer Woo, Nursing
Additional Institutions
- Dr. Robyn Adams
- Dr. Mark Cunningham
- Dr. Saeideh Fallah-Fini
- Dr. Stacey Griner
- Dr. Michael K. Lemke,
- Dr. David Lounsbury
- Dr. Stacie McCormick
- Dr. Dallas Peoples
- Dr. Amy Raines
- Dr. Gabrielle Smith
- Dr. Shameka Poetry Thomas