CEC Staff

Veronica B Ajewole, PharmD, BCOP
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Street, Nabrit Science Building Rm 123
Houston TX 77004
Tel: 713-313-1217
Email: veronica.ajewole@tsu.edu

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Oncology
Houston Methodist Hospital
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncology
Houston Methodist Academic Institute

EDUCATION
Postgraduate year 2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Postgraduate year 1 Pharmacy Residency, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Doctor of Pharmacy, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
B.S in Biochemistry, Nigeria

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Oncology and Oral chemotherapy
• Community Engagement
• Health Disparities
• Maternal Child Health

RESEARCH GRANTS
• “Development of predictive model and social determinants-based interventions for aggressive prostate cancer among African American males”. $ 250,000, Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Minority Health, Minority Research Grant Program. October 2020 – September 2022. Role:
• “Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research (CBMHR)” NIH/NIMHD-Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program (RCMI), U54MD007605, $8,632,113, 2020-2025, Role: Director, Community Engagement Core
• “Medication therapy management and reformulation of capecitabine”, NIH/NIMHD-RCMI, pilot project, U54MD007605, $32,000, 2019-2020, Role: PI, Pilot project $32,000
• “Texas Southern University Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Center” Agency: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, $59,992, April 2019 – March 2020, Role: Program Co-Director
• “Texas Southern University Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Center” Agency: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, $50,000, April 2018 – March 2019, Role: Program Co-Director
• “Oral Chemotherapy Medication Therapy Management to Improve Medication Adherence, Self-Care Abilities, and Quality of Life for Cancer Patients” Agency: Texas Southern University Seed Grant Program, December 2017 – November 2018, Role: Principal Investigator $6,000

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2020 Adjunct Assistant
2020 Best in clinical category poster presentation, National Pharmaceutical Association
2019 Best in clinical category poster presentation, Houston Methodist Cancer Symposium
2019 Program Mentor, Maternal and Child Health Student Training for Academic Readiness and Success
2019 Travel award, Houston Methodist Cancer Center
2018 Preceptor of the Year Nominee, Texas Southern University
2017 Faculty Seed Grant Award

COURSES
Oncology Practice Experience (6 credit hour)
Pharmacotherapy IIIA: Cardiovascular system disorders (3 credit hour), Team taught course
Pharmacotherapy IIIA: Immune system disorders (4 credit hour), Team taught course
Pharmacotherapy IIA: Endocrine System Disorders (3 credit hour) Team taught course
Pharmacotherapy IA: Nervous (4 credit hour) Team taught course
Pharmacy Practice II (2 credit hour) Team taught course
Integrated Pharmacy Practice lab II (2 credit hour) Course coordinator, Team taught course

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, INVITED TALKS

Publications
• Ajewole VB, Ngujede AE, Oduguwa E, Dongarwar D, Kaur M, Knight C, Jackson M, Nguyen U, Roshan T, Simpson J, Vouffo I, Olaleye OA, Salihu HM. A Surveillance System for the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J MCH AIDS. 2020;9(3):350-353. doi: 10.21106/ijma.411. Epub 2020 Aug 9.
• Thompson J, Onyenaka C, Oduguwa E, Dongarwar D, Gendra S, Coker V, Kutse S, Blanco M, Nwangwu O, King C, Enamorado E, Bakare O, Ajewole VB, Spooner KK, Salemi JL, Aliyu MH, Salihu HM, Olaleye OA. Trends and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Rates of Pre-eclampsia by HIV Status in the US. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 Aug 4;. doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00826-3.
• Dongarwar D, Taylor J, Ajewole V, Anene N, Omoyele O, Ogba C, Oluwatoba A, Giger D, Thuy A, Argueta E, Naik E, Salemi JL, Spooner K, Olaleye O, Salihu HM. Trends in Appendicitis Among Pregnant Women, the Risk for Cardiac Arrest, and Maternal-Fetal Mortality. World J Surg. 2020 Jul 31;. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05717-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32737556.
• Dongarwar D, Ajewole VB, Oduguwa E, Ngujede A, Harris K, Ofili TU, Olaleye OA, Salihu HM. Role of Social Determinants of Health in Widening Maternal and Child Health Disparities in the Era of Covid-19 Pandemic. Int J MCH AIDS. 2020;9(3):316-319. doi: 10.21106/ijma.398. Epub 2020 Jul 29. PubMed
• Ajewole VB, Cox JE, Swan JT, Chikermane SG, Lamoth B, Iso T, Okolo LO, Ford CL, Schneider AM, Hobaugh EC, Baker KR. Incidence of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy within 12 weeks of starting neurotoxic chemotherapy for multiple myeloma or lymphoma: a prospective, single-center, observational study. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Apr;28(4):1901-1912. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-05006-6. Epub 2019 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 31359183
• Ajewole VB, Solomon JM, Schneider AM, Heyne KE. Development and implementation of an electrolyte replacement protocol in the outpatient oncology infusion centers of a large academic healthcare system. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2020 Mar 4;:1078155220907671. doi: 10.1177/1078155220907671. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32131681
• Solomon JM, Ajewole VB, Schneider AM, Sharma M, Bernicker EH. Evaluation of the prescribing patterns, adverse effects, and drug interactions of oral chemotherapy agents in an outpatient cancer center. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2019 Oct;25(7):1564-1569. doi: 10.1177/1078155218798150. Epub 2018 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 30170514.
• Ajewole VB, Edmondson L, Mclean E, Heyne K, Rice L. New Formulation of Bendamustine and Occurrence of Phlebitis: A Report of Two Unique Patient Cases. J Hematol Oncol Pharm. 2019; 9(2):32.
• Qin Q, Ajewole VB, Sheu TG, Donohue R, Singh M. Successful treatment of a stage IIIC small-cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic subtype using multi-modality therapeutic approach. Ecancermedicalscience. 2018;12:832. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2018.832. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 29910829; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5985749

Posters
• Ajewole VB, Oyinkansola Akindele, Uzoamaka Abajue, Okwuoma Ndulue, Jazzmin J. Marshall, Yhenew T. Mossi. Racial Disparity and Representation in Clinical Trials Leading to the Approval of Oral Chemotherapy from 2017-2019. Houston Methodist Cancer symposium, August 2020
• Ajewole VB, Collins Enwerem, Oyinkansola Akindele, Solomon JM, Schneider AM, Heyne KE. Electrolyte replacement protocol presentation, TSHP Conference, September 2020
• Ajewole VB, Ka Wong, Michell Nguyen, Andre’ Phillips, Zain Malik. Impact of a Pharmacist-led Oral Chemotherapy Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Program in a Large Academic Medical Center. TSHP Conference, September 2020
• Ajewole VB, Tasha Roshan, , Alma Mendoza, Huan Xie, Yuan Chen, Kirk Heyne. Impact of Medication Therapy Management on Capecitabine, an Oral Chemotherapy Agent. Houston Methodist Cancer symposium, August 2020
• Ajewole VB, Adesola Adenote, Aarongeorgeson Fung, Leslie Ibenana. Trends of oral chemotherapy approval by the Food and Drug Administration: A 10-year retrospective review. Houston Methodist Cancer symposium, August 2020
• Ajewole VB, Oyinkansola Akindele, Uzoamaka Abajue, Okwuoma Ndulue, Jazzmin J. Marshall, Yhenew T. Mossi. Racial Disparity and Representation in Clinical Trials Leading to the Approval of Oral Chemotherapy from 2017-2019. Houston Methodist Cancer symposium, August 2020
• Ajewole VB, Tasha Roshan, , Alma Mendoza, Huan Xie, Yuan Chen, Kirk Heyne. Impact of Medication Therapy Management on Capecitabine, an Oral Chemotherapy Agent. Dec 2019. RCMI National symposium.
• Ajewole VB, Collins Enwerem, Oyinkansola Akindele, Solomon JM, Schneider AM, Heyne KE. Electrolyte replacement protocol presentation, ASHP Midyear Clinical meeting. Dec 2019
• Olaleye OA, and Ajewole VB. Pre-Clinical Drug Development and Community Engagement. University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine Teaming Workshop, UH Student Center South. May 23, 2019.
• Ajewole VB, Tran Mary, Bianca Alexandra. Oral chemotherapy Medication Therapy Management, TSU research week poster presentation, March 2019.
• Onyinye Nwangwu, Jamalena Thompson, Sumaya Gendra, Vidella Coker, Seun Kutse, Mayra Blanco, Collins Onyenaka, Charlee King, Elza Enamorado, Oluwatoyin Bakare, Veronica B Ajewole, Kiara K Spooner, Jason L Salemi, Hamisu M Salihu, and Omonike A Olaleye. The Prevalence of Pre-eclampsia in Hospital Pregnancy Discharges: Racial Disparities and Maternal HIV Status. MCH Group 1, TSU Research Week, March, 2019.
• Ajewole VB, Collins Enwerem, Oyinkansola Akindele, Solomon JM, Schneider AM, Heyne KE. Electrolyte replacement protocol presentation, Houston Methodist Cancer symposium, August 2019.
• Ajewole VB, Collins Enwerem, Oyinkansola Akindele, Solomon JM, Schneider AM, Heyne KE. Implementation of electrolyte replacement protocol in a large academic institution: ASHP conference Dec 2019.
• Ajewole VB, Solomon JM, Schneider AM, Heyne KE. Implementation of electrolyte replacement protocol in a large academic institution: HOPA conference March 2018
• Ajewole VB, Tran Mary, Bianca Alexandra. Oral chemotherapy medication therapy management to improve medication adherence among cancer patients in an academic medical Center: Houston Methodist Cancer Symposium, August 2018
• Ajewole VB, Tran Mary, Bianca Alexandra. Oral chemotherapy medication therapy management to improve medication adherence among cancer patients in an academic medical Centre: Dec 2018. ASHP Midyear clinical conference
• Ajewole VB, Cox JE, Swan JT, Chikermane SG, Lamoth B, Iso T, Okolo LO, Ford CL, Schneider AM, Hobaugh EC, Baker KR. Characterization of Chemotherapy- Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Prospective Pilot Study; 5th Annual Houston Methodist Cancer Symposium, August 2017
• Solomon JM, Ajewole VB, Schneider AM, Sharma M, Bernicker EH. Assessment of the prescribing patterns, adverse effects, and drug interactions of oral chemotherapy agents; ASHP Clinical conference December 2017 ASHP Clinical conference
• Solomon JM, Ajewole VB, Schneider AM, Sharma M, Bernicker EH. Assessment of the prescribing patterns, adverse effects, and drug interactions of oral chemotherapy agents; Vizient Clinical conference December 2017 Vizient Clinical conference
• Olaleye OA, Isichei AC, Ajewole V, Bhat S. and Liu JO. The Discovery and Development of New Chemotherapeutic Agents for Hospital Acquired Infections. Stanford Medicine X, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, September 2017.

Invited Talks
• Ajewole VB. “Pre-Clinical Drug Characterization and Formulation Development” 2nd Annual ADME: Lead Characterization and Optimization Conference, Oct. 22 2020
• Ajewole VB. Electrolyte replacement protocol presentation, NCODA Annual conference, Orlando, Florida. October 2019
• Ajewole VB. (Goals + Hard work)Mentors = Great Impact, RCMI annual conference, Texas Southern University research week March 2019
• Ajewole VB. Clinical pearl of drug interaction in oncology. Fall 2017 Pharmacy preceptor conference Texas Southern University. Continuing Education by Accredited Council for Pharmacy Education.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Breast Cancer Awareness Education sessions at Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations
• Colon Cancer Awareness Education sessions at Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Education sessions at Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations
• Peer Reviewer: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Journal of Pharmacy Technology and Patient Education and Counselling
• Clinical rotation Preceptor, PGY2 Oncology residency program, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Minor and Major Project Preceptor, PGY2 Oncology residency program and PGY1 Pharmacy residency program, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Continuous Education preceptor, PGY2 Oncology residency program and PGY1 Pharmacy residency program, Houston Methodist Hospital

Grace Loudd, LMSW, MPA, PhD

Grace A. Loudd, LMSW, MPA, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Department of Social Work
College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Street PAB 302AA
Houston TX 77004
Tel: 713-313-1194
Email: Grace.Loudd@tsu.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Social Work, University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work, Houston, TX
Master’s in Social Work, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Master’s in Public Administration, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
B.S. in Corporate Communication, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Positive sexuality, sexual health disparities and sexual decision-making
• HIV/AIDS prevention and service programming among ethnic minority populations
• Disproportionate health outcomes
• Health and wellness initiatives

RESEARCH GRANTS
• “Research Centers in Minority Health (RCMI), Center for Biomedical and Minority Health Research (CBMHR): Community Engagement Core (CEC),” National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), U54MD007605, $8,632,115, 2020-2025, Role: CEC Associate Director: Community-Based Organizations and FQHCs/Co-PI
• “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Minority Health Minority Research Grant Program,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $250,000, 2020-2021, Role: Co-PI
• “Minority Health Research and Education Program (MHGP) Academic-Clinical Partnerships, University of Houston Establishing Academic-Clinical Partnerships with Federally Qualified Health Clinics,” Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 83555, $1,000,000.00, 2019-2021, Role: Subaward Evaluator ($36,786)
• “National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Targeted Capacity Expansion-HIV Program (TCE-HIV): Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations at High Risk for HIV/AIDS, TSU SHAPE Initiative: Change through Healing, Awareness, Networks, and Gateways to Empowerment (CHANGE),” SAMHSA, H79TI080674, $2,317,973, 2018-2023, Role: PI
• “National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HIV Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) for Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth and Young Adults, TSU SHAPE Initiative: Youth/Young Adult Empowerment Services (YES),” SAMHSA, H79SP021827, $1,311,521, 2018-2023, Role: PI
• “Office of Research, 2017 Research Seed Grant, TSU Health & Wellness Survey”, Texas Southern University, $5,408, 2017-2018, Role: PI
• “Office of Research, 2016 Research Seed Grant, Sexual Behaviors and Perceptions of Young Adults in the 21st Century (SBPYA)”, Texas Southern University, $10,000, 2016-2017, Role: Co-PI
• “National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations (CBO)” SAMHSA, SP020657, $900,000, 2014-2017, Role: PI
• “National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program, Safety Training and Education to Prevent Suicide (STEPS)” SAMHSA, SM061790, $204,000, 2014-2017, Role: Advisor

HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 TSU Department of Social Work: Outstanding Faculty (COLABS)
2019 Preceptor of the Year Award Recipient Nominee (College of Pharmacy and Health Science)
2019 TSU McCleary Teaching Excellence Award Recipient
2019 TSU Department of Social Work: Team Spirit Award
2018 TSU Department of Social Work: Outstanding Junior Faculty (COLABS)
2017 TSU Department of Social Work: Best Contingent Faculty (COLABS)
2016 Regular Graduate Faculty Status, Texas Southern University
2012 Phi Alpha Honor Society (Social Work) Mu Lamba, University of Houston

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, CHAPTERS, INVITED TALKS

Publications
• Ikedionwu, C. A., Dongarwar, D., Williams, C., Odeh, E., Peh, M. P., Hooker, H., Wiseman, S., Brock, T., Payne-Green, E., Chukwudum, C., Loudd, G., Shelton, A., Atkinson, J., Spooner, K., Salemi, J., Salihu, H. & Olaleye, O. (TBD). Prevalence and risk factors of leishmaniasis among women of reproductive age in the United States, 2002-2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Loudd, G. (2020). Feminist Standpoint Theory and women’s sexuality: Implications for HIV prevention. In J. Conyers, C. Edwards, & K. Thompson (Eds.), African Americans in higher education: A critical study of social and philosophical foundations of Africana culture, Volume 8 (pp. 77-89). Taylor & Francis.
• Loudd, G., Willis, N. & Boutté-Queen, N. (2018). Back to college during Hurricane recovery: Faculty and students navigating the new semester together. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 24(4), pgs. 19-26.
• Buzi, R. S., Weinman, M.L., Smith, P. B., Loudd, G., & Madanay, F. (2018). HIV stigma perceptions and sexual risk behaviors among black young women. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 17(1), pgs. 69-85. doi:10.1080/15381501.2017.1407726
• Broussard, D. & Loudd, G. (2016). Sexual perceptions and behaviors of young adults at an urban HBCU. National Social Science Association Proceedings: Denver Summer Seminar 2016, 62(1), 17-23.

Invited Talks
• Loudd, G. (2019). State of Black Women Health Forum, Relationships, Sex & More: Panel Discussion. Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy, October 29th, Houston, TX.
• Loudd, G. (2018). Advancing Community Engagement and Collaborations. Texas Southern University 2018 TSU-RCMI Collaborative Symposium, March 29th, Houston, TX.
• Loudd, G. (2016). Child & Adolescent Sexual Health: Implications for Understanding Development. Shape Community Center-Parenting Education Class, July 20, Houston, TX.
• Loudd, G. (2015). Intersectionality: “Doing” Right Where You Are. United Methodist Clergywomen Conference, September 29, Houston, TX.
• Loudd, G. (2015). Domestic Violence Symposium, From Victims to Victorious: Panel Discussion. Texas Southern University, April 10, Houston, TX.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND MEMBERSHIPS
• University of Houston Project PRIDE, Advisory Board Member
• TSU Wesley Foundation, Board Member
• Healthy Women Houston, Advisory Board Member
• Third Ward Community Cloth Internship Project, Field Instructor
• Impacting Maternal & Prenatal Care Together Steering Committee, Member
• Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Planning Committee, Member
• Avenue 360 Health and Wellness Clinic (FQHC), Board Member
• Texas Woman’s University Veterans Women’s Research, Consultant
• Houston Research Collaborative on Interpersonal and Sexual Violence, Member

Lena R. Bean, M.Ed.

Toniesha L. Taylor, Ph.D.

Toniesha L. Taylor, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies
School of Communication
Texas Southern University
3100 Cleburne Street GH219
Houston TX 77004
Tel: 713-313-7544
Email: Toniesha.Taylor@tsu.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
M.A. in Speech-Communication, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
B.A. in Communication and Liberal Studies, California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, CA

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• African American Oral and Rhetorical History and digital humanities.
• Use of emerging and traditional media in the construction of identity and social justice privileging Black women’s narratives of identity
• African American women construct identity and community through preaching, intellectual pursuits, social activism, and lived experience.

RESEARCH GRANTS
• “Center for Biomedical and Minority Institutions Program”, NIH/NIMHD-Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program (RCMI), U54MD007605, $8,632,113, 2020-2025, Role:
• Resilient Networks to Support Inclusive Digital Humanities — Mellon Foundation, Librarians and faculty from four institutions — George Washington University, Rice University, Davidson College, and Prairie View A&M University — propose the creation of a resilient network that provides diverse perspectives, shared pedagogical approaches, and partnerships between librarians and scholars to advance digital humanities (DH) scholarship. 2016-2019, Role: Co-PI
• Coolidge Fellow - CrossCurrents Research Colloquium. Coolidge Fellows are chosen through a rigorous application process to participate in an intensive four-week funded research colloquium in residence at Union Theological Seminary New York, New York. Fellows have research privileges at Columbia University and Barnard College. While participating in the month long fellowship I presented my scholarship “Constructing Womanist Rhetoric: Discourse on Method”. 2008.

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2013 Prairie View A&M University Teaching Excellence Service Learning Award
2011 Prairie View A&M University, Department of Languages and Communication Outstanding Teaching Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS, INVITED TALKS (SINCE 2016)

PUBLICATIONS
• Taylor, T. L. 2020. “Social Justice.” Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments, edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers. Modern Language Association. https://digitalpedagogy.hcommons.org/
• Taylor, T. L. 2019. “We Speak, We Make, We Tinker: Afrofuturism as Applied Digital Humanities.” In The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Afrofuturism, Art+Design, edited by Reynaldo Anderson and Clint Fluker Lexington Press.
• Taylor, T. L. 2019. “World Making or World Breaking?: A Black Womanist Perspective on Social Media Crises in Higher Education.” Communication Education 68, no. 3 (July 3, 2019): 381–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2019.1607884.
• Taylor, T. L. 2019. “Dear nice white ladies, A Womanist Response to Intersectional Feminism and Sexual Violence.” Women and Language 42, no. 1 (Spring 2019): 187–90. doi:10.34036/WL.2019.022.
• Taylor, T. L. 2018. “Reflections on Sandra Bland on the 3rd Anniversary of Her Death.” to the Online Roundtable on Sandra Bland, Black Perspectives, July 13, 2018, https://www.aaihs.org/reflections-on-sandra-bland-on-the-3rd-anniversary-of-her-death/
• Taylor, T. L. 2017. “Review of the Book Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness, by R. Anderson & C. E. Jones. Iowa Journal of Communication 49 (2): 194-97.
• Earhart, A. E. and Taylor, T. L. 2016. "Pedagogies of Race: Digital Humanities in the Age of Ferguson." In Debates in Digital Humanities, 2016, edited by Lauren Klein and Matthew Gold, 251-264. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/debates/text/72

INVITED TALKS
• Taylor, T. L. “Where the Wild Things Are: Intersectional Pedagogy in Digital Humanities.” Keynote Speaker, Digital Pedagogy Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, July 30, 2019,
• Taylor, T. L. “Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland Film Screening and Dialogue.” Keynote Speaker, Multicultural Services, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, February 20, 2019
• Taylor, T. L. “Digital Blackness in the Archive: Collecting for the Culture.” Invited Panelist, Digital Blackness in the Archive: A Documenting the Now Symposium, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, December 12, 2017
• Taylor, T. L. and G. Williams. "Visualizing Grace: Tracing Public Theology Through President Obama’s Eulogy to #CharlestonMassacre.” Invited Panelist, #TAMUatSXSW, South By Southwest, Austin, TX, March 14, 2017
• Taylor, T. L. “We Speak, We Make, We Tinker: Afrofuturism as Applied Digital Humanities.” Invited Lecturer, Scholars Lab, University of Virginia, September 2016

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender (OSCLG)
• Colloquium of African American Research (CAAR)
• MESEA - The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas
• Western States Communication Association (WSCA)
• National Communication Association (NCA)
• Texas Digital Humanities Consortium (TxDHC)

Morgan D. Kirby, Ph.D.

Morgan D. Kirby, Ph.D.
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
3100 CLEBURNE ST.
HOUSTON, TX 77004
EMAIL: morgan.kirby@tsu.edu

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• Junior Faculty Member in the Department of Journalism at Texas Southern University
• Certified Professional/Technical Writer
• Over 10 years of Public Relations and Strategic Communication experience
• Research interests include: public relations, HBCUs, critical media literacy, social media, Black representation in media, womanism, media effects, social change/justice centered media, and strategic communication
• Qualitative and Critical Researcher

EDUCATIONAL OVERVIEW & RESEARCH

HAMPTON UNIVERSITY REGENT UNIVERSITY
B.A,. in Public Relations, May 2009 M.A., in Government, Dec. 2010

METHODIST UNIVERSITY METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Certificate, Campaign Management, Dec. 2010 Certificate, Professional Writing, May 2012

HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Ph.D., in Communication, Culture, and Media Studies, May 2015
“If They Refuse to Hear Us, We Will Make Them Feel Us:” A Case Study Evaluating Sybrina Fulton’s Media Usage and Influence on Social Change. Chair: Barbara Hines, PhD, Professor Emerita.

PUBLICATION/ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS/RESEARCH

Kirby, M.; Fitzgerald, F.; Marable, R; Eason, A.; Nicholson, S.; Whitaker, L.; Arroyo, A. (In Progress). Student Learning Communities: An Avenue to Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Partnerships at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. New Directions for Student Services. Wiley Publication.

Davis, R. (In Progress). Rape Myths in Southern Newspapers. Thesis Chair: Kirby, M.

Franklin, A.; Perkins, R.; Kirby, M. (In Progress). The Influence of Media, Victimization, and Police Contact on College Student Perceptions of Law Enforcement. Frontier.

Williams, M; Kirby, M; McWhorter, C. (Presentation/Workshop). Networking and Sisterhood: Keys to Building a Supportive Community as Junior Female Faculty Members. Black Doctoral Network Conference. October 2018.

Kirby, M. (Presentation). #CardiBisSoProblematic: Exploring Intersectionality, Hip Hop Feminism, and Hip Hop Sexual Scripts in Cardi B’s Album Invasion of Privacy. Guest Lecture at Norfolk State University. April 2018.

Kirby, M.; Williams, M. (Presentation). Profits and Losses: The Social Cost of Black Female Representation in Reality Television. Norfolk State University Women’s Initiative Conference. March 2018

Kirby, M.; Mills, B; McWhorter, C; Williams, M. (Presentation). Exploring Critical Literacy Through Rhetoric, Relationships, Stereotypes, and Identities of Black Women in Will Packer’s Film Girls’ Trip. Popular Culture Association. March 2018.

Kirby, M. (Presentation). #JusticeForTrayvon #HoodiesUp: An Analysis of Sybrina Fulton’s Use of Media, Image and Agenda Building for Social Justice. National Communication Association Conference. November 2017.

Kirby, M; Berry, E. (Presentation). #TeacherBae: Deconstructing the Black Female Body within the Digital Landscape. Popular Culture Association. April 2017.

Tyree, T,; Kirby, M. (2016). #THOTsBeLike The Construction of the THOT Female Stereotype in Social Media. Social Media: Culture and Identity. Lexington Books.

Kirby, M.; Berry, E. (Presentation). Being African-Centered in the 21st Century: Black Female Junior Faculty Members Teaching, Learning, and Navigating HBCUs. National Council for Black Studies Conference. March 2016.

Lewis, K; Franklin, A.; Kirby, M.; Brockington, W.; Fairfax, C; (Panel Presentation). Black Lives Matter. Honors Café. October 20, 2015.

Tyree, T.; Kirby, M. (Presentation). Look at That T.H.O.T. Social Media Conference and Workshop. September 2015.

Ross, D.; Ford, R; Kirby, M.; Jones, N. (Presentation). Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Literacy Programs. Division for Early Childhood Conference. October 2014.

Tyree, T.; Kirby, M.; Blackmon, K; Williams, M. (Panel Presentation). African American Representations in Hip Hop and Media. National Communication Association. November 2013.

UNIVERSITY AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY Aug. 2015-Present
Norfolk, VA
Assistant Professor
Faculty Liaison for University Learning Communities & CPI UNCF

HOWARD UNIVERSITY- SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS Aug. 2014-2015
Washington, DC
Teaching Associate

TRINITY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Aug. 2014-Dec. 2014
Washington, DC
Adjunct Professor

HOWARD UNIVERSITY Aug. 2013-Dec. 2013
Washington, DC
Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library/Women’s Studies Marketing Researcher

COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate Courses

SLMC 101 Principles of Speech
JRN 240 Principles of Public Relations
JRN 210 Principles of Advertising
JRN 313 Advertising/Public Campaigns
JRN 341 Public Relations Practice
JRN 330 Copy Editing
JRN 342 Promotional Writing
JRN 497 Directed Research-Black Documentaries
JRN 497 Directed Research- Pop Culture and Media Studies
MCM 211 Mass Comm and Society
MCM 440 Law/Mass Communication

Graduate Courses
CCM 535 Health and Mass Media
CCM 525 Health Communication
COM 652 Public Relations
COM 512 Editing Publications
COM 513 Special Writing
MCM 691 Independent Studies- Black Women Portrayals in Media
MCM 691 Independent Studies- Black Feminism, Womanism, and Media

UNIVERSITY SERVICE & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Texas Southern University
Faculty Senate Senator
Co-Chair of the Department of Journalism’s Assessment Committee
Graduate Program Recruitment Committee Member
Library Committee Member
RCMI CEC Member

Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University (NSU) Chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America- Advisor
NSU Special Task Force for Retention
SACSSOC Writing Team Member- Educational Programs and Academic Policies Team
NSU Agoge Week/Freshmen Welcome Week Committee Member
NSU CORE Conceptual Framework Team-University Seminars
Black History Month Committee Member
NSU Center of Excellence in Minority Health Disparities- Steering Committee Member/Media Consultant
NSU Student Activities Organization Committee Member
NSU AIDS/HIV Research Booklet- Public Relations Consultant
Spartan Seminar/ Learning Communities Faculty Liaison
NSU Women’s Initiative Executive Board Member
Fusion Dance Company Advisor
NSU Chapter of Her Campus Advisor
College of Liberal Arts Retention Committee
The Department of Mass Communication and Journalism Search Committee
The Office of Academic Engagement Search Committee
Freshmen Seminar Curriculum Design Team
First and Second Year Experience (Career Pathways/Spartan Pathways Initiative) Team
New Student Orientation Committee
Spartan Pathways Faculty Liaison

AWARDS

The Department of Mass Communications and Journalism Faculty Member of the Year Award (2018)
The Department of Mass Communications and Journalism Faculty Member of the Year Award (2016)
NSU Men’s Basketball Team Honorary Coach (2018)

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

200+ Black Men Scholarship Breakfast-Marketing Consultant and Student Intern Advisor
Heartbeat Gala- Faculty Liaison for Student Volunteers
Delegate Jay Jones (89th District)- Campaign Volunteer/Communications
Norfolk Police Department Fair and Partial Policing Committee Member
The DREAMS Institute- Founding Board Member
Public Relations Society of America
#CanSurvive Breast Cancer Awareness Event Manager and Media Coordinator
Let’s Talk About It: Red Ribbon Edition AIDS Awareness Event Manager
National Association of University Women (Tidewater Chapter) Member
11th Hour Non-Profit- Founding Board Member

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

SERCO-FORT BRAGG ARMY CAREER AND ALUMNI PROGRAM (ACAP)
April 2011- Aug. 2012
Fayetteville, NC
Marketing Representative/ACAP Counselor I

WOMEN’S VIEW MAGAZINE
November 2011 – April 2012
Fayetteville, NC
Contributing Writer

REGENT UNIVERSITY DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS (RDI)
August 2009-Dec. 2010
Virginia Beach, VA
Interim President and Public Relations

HAMPTON CITY SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
January 2009-April 2009
Hampton, VA
Marketing and Public Relations Intern

Maria C. Mejia, MD, MPH, FACPM

Maria C. Mejia, MD, MPH, FACPM
Associate Professor

Baylor College of Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
3701 Kirby Drive, Suite 600 | MS: BCM700 | Houston, TX 77098
713.798.4735 | fax: 832.787.1307 | maria.mejia@bcm.edu

EDUCATION

Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

Health Policy Scholar. Robert W. Johnson Foundation at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

Master in Public Health (Public Health Practice), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Medical Doctor, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Specialist in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Specialist in Addiction Medicine. American Board of Preventive Medicine

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Health disparities and inequities primarily centered on underserved and minority groups as intersects with cancer care, chronic diseases, tobacco cessation, substance use disorders and social vulnerability.
Clinical and public health program implementation: Applying implementation science to delivery, evaluation, and outcomes for population health and increasing access and quality of care.

RESEARCH GRANTS

“COVPN 5002: SARS-COV-2 PREVALENCE STUDY FOR UM1”, NIAID, 2020-2021, Role: Co-I
“Bringing Alcohol and Other Drug Research To Primary Care”, NIH/R25, 2020-2024, Role: Co-I
“BCM BEAMS (Buprenorphine Education Among Medical Students)”, SAMHSA, 2018-2021, Role: Co-I
“Equitable Access to Lung Cancer Screening and Smoking Cessation Treatment: A Comprehensive Primary Care and Community Health Approach”, Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), 2018-2021 Role: Co-PD

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

2019 Loan Repayment Award. Independent Clinical Investigator. National Institute on Drug Abuse

2018 Outstanding Researcher, Dep. of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

2018 Beta Upsilon Chapter of Delta Omega, the honorary society of public health

2017 Associate Member, Duncan Cancer Center. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2017 Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine

2014 Excellence in Research Award. Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

2014 Outstanding Resident Award. Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

2014 Chief Resident Award, Preventive Medicine Residency, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

2013 Hispanic Leadership Development Scholarship. United Methodist Committee on Relief

2012 Scholarship, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Scholars Program

2012 RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities. Travel Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, INVITED TALKS (SINCE 2010)

Book Chapters

Zoorob RJ, Mejia MC and Levine R. Clinical Prevention. In: Paulman PM, Taylor RB, Paulman AA and Nasir LS, (eds.). Family Medicine: Principles and Practice. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020, p. 71-98. Print
Kowalchuk, A. A., Mejia de Grubb,, Gonzalez, S. J., & Zoorob, R. J. (2019). Addressing Substance Use with the Adolescent in Primary Care: the SBIRT Model. In Morelli (Ed.), Adolescent Health Screening: An Update in the Age of Big Data.

Peer-reviewed publications

Levine RS, Mejia MC, Salemi JL, Gonzalez S, Aliyu M, Husaini B, Zoorob R, Hennekens C. A descriptive study of racial inequalities in mortality from hepatocellular cancer before and after licensure of lifesaving drugs for hepatitis C virus in the United States. EClinicalMedicine, 01 May 2020, Vol.22
Salemi JL, Raza SA, Modak S, Fields-Gilmore, Mejia de Grubb MC, Zoorob RJ. The association between use of opiates, cocaine, and amphetamines during pregnancy and maternal postpartum readmission in the United States: a retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database. Drug Alcohol Depend.2020 Mar 20;210:107963. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.107963
Ovini R, Wood S, Mejia MC, Salemi JL, Hennekens C, Levine R. Mortality from necrotizing enterocolitis: Greater racial inequalities and differences in risk factors. Pediatr Neonatol. 2020 Mar 12. PMID: 32278742
Drowos J, Fils A, Mejia de Grubb MC, Salemi J, Zoorob RJ, Hennekens C, Levine RS. Accidental Infant Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed: Disparities and Opportunities. Matern Child Health J. 2019 Dec;23(12):1670-1678. doi: 10.1007/s10995-019-02786-5. PubMed PMID: 31243626.
Mejia de GrubbMC, Salemi JL, Gonzalez SJ, Chima CC, Kowalchuk AA, Zoorob RJ. Opioid, cocaine, and amphetamine use disorders are associated with higher30-day inpatient readmission rates in the United States. Subst Abus. 2019 Jul 11;:1-10. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2019.1635964. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31295052.
Levine RS, Kilbourne BJ, Sanderson M, Fadden MK, Pisu M, Salemi J, Mejia de Grubb M, O’Hara H, Husaini B, Zoorob R, Hennekens C. Lack of validity of self-reported mammography data. Fam Med Com Health 2019;7. doi:10.1136/fmch-2018-000096
Mejia de Grubb MC, Levine RS, Zoorob RJ. Diet and Obesity Issues in the Underserved. J Physician Assistant Clinics. 2019; 4(1): 155-70. Review
Zoorob R, Salemi J, Mejia de Grubb MC, Modak S, Levine RS. A Nationwide Study of Breast Cancer, Depression, and Multimorbidity among Hospitalized Women and Men in the United States. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Nov 21. doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-5059-5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30465155
Kowalchuk A, Mejia de Grubb M, Zoorob RJ. Preparations for Treating Opioid Use Disorders in the Office. Fam Pract Manag. 2018 Nov/Dec;25(6):21-26. PMID:30422610
Buyukozturk B, Drowos J, Hennekens C, Mejia de Grubb MC, Salemi JL, Levine RS. Homicide in the South: Higher Rates Among Whites and Fewer Racial Disparities. Southern Medical J. 2018 Oct:111 (10)
Kowalchuk A, Mejia de Grubb M, Zoorob R. Stigmatizing Language About Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. 2018 Aug 21;320(7):722-723. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.7812.
Levine RS, Salemi JL,Mejia de Grubb MC,Wood S, Gittner LS, Khan H, Langston MA,Husaini BA, Rust G,Hennekens CH. Altitude and Variable Effects on Infant Mortality in the United States. High Alt Med Biol. 2018 Sep;19(3):265-271. doi: 10.1089/ham.2018.0018. Epub 2018 Aug 28.
Zare M, Mejia de Grubb MC, Klawans M, Suchting R, Mathis J, Juneja M, Moreno C, Zoorob R. Multidisciplinary Diabetes Care in a Safety Net Clinic: Lessons Learned from a Quality Improvement Initiative. JCOM. 2018 May;25(5):206-210
Zoorob R, Kowalchuk A, Mejia de Grubb M. Buprenorphine Therapy for Opioid Use Disorder. Am Fam Physician.2018 Mar 1;97(5):313-320.
Levine RS, Salemi JL,Mejia de Grubb MC,Gittner LS, Langston MA,Husaini BA, Rust G,Hennekens CH. Infant Mortality and Gun Violence Mortality: Causal or Casual? JNMA. Winter 2017, 109 (4): 246-251
Mejia de Grubb MC, Salemi JL, Kihlberg CJ, Gonzalez S, Zoorob RJ, Levine RS. Disparities in accuracy of maternal perceptions of obesity among Hispanic children. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017 Aug; 28 (3):1208-21
Chima C, Salemi JL, Wang M, Mejia de Grubb MC, Gonzalez S, Zoorob RJ. Multimorbidity is associated with increased rates of depression in patients hospitalized with diabetes mellitus in the United States. J Diabetes and Its Complications. 2017 Aug. 1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.08.001
Mkanta W, Chumbler N, Yang K, Saigal R, Abdollahi M, Mejia de Grubb MC, Ezekekwu E. An Examination of the Likelihood of Home Discharge After General Hospitalizations Among Medicaid Recipients. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 2017 June; 54: 1-6. doi: 10.1177/0046958017711783
Mejia de Grubb MC, Kilbourne B, Kilbourne K, Langston M, Gittner L, Zoorob RJ, Levine R. Socioeconomic, environmental, and geographic factors and US lung cancer mortality, 1999‐2009. Family Medicine and Community Health, Volume 5, Number 1, 1 May 2017, pp. 3-12(10)
Gonzalez SJ, Mejia de Grubb MC, Levine RS. Primary and secondary prevention of colorectal cancer: An evidence-based review. Family Medicine and Community Health, Volume 5, Number 1, 1 May 2017, pp. 78-84(7)
Wang H, Mejia de Grubb MC, Gonzalez S, Sidani M, Ma J, Zoorob RJ. Temporal trends in colorectal cancer incidence by gender and subsite among Asian American populations in the United States, 1994-2013. Family Medicine and Community Health, Volume 5, Number 1, 1 May 2017, 56-64(9)
Mkanta W, Opuruiche I, Mejia de Grubb MC, Chakravarthi K. Patient Satisfaction and Its Potential Impact on Refugee Integration into the Healthcare System. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. Sage Journals. April 2017: 1-7. doi: 10.1177/2010105817704207
Mejia de Grubb MC, Levine RS, Zoorob RJ. Diet and Obesity Issues in the Underserved. Primary care 2017; 44(1): 127-40. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2016.09.014
Salemi J, Spooner K, Aggarwal A, Mejia de Grubb MC, Matas J, Salihu H. National trends of hepatitis B and C during pregnancy across sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical factors, United States, 1998-2011. J Med Virol. 2016 Nov 2. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24725.
Mkanta WN, Katta M, Basireddy K, English G, Mejia de Grubb MC. Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Research Related to Value-Based Approaches in Health Service. Journal of Healthcare Management. November/December 2016, 61 (6).
Mejia de Grubb MC, Salemi JL, Gonzalez S, Zoorob RJ, Levine RS. Trends and Correlates of Disparities in Alcohol-Related Mortality Between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites in the United States, 1999-2014. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Oct; 40(10):2179. doi: 10.1111/acer.13182. Epub 2016 Aug 25.
Mejia de Grubb MC, Salemi JL, Gonzalez S, Sanderson M, Zoorob RJ, Mkanta WN, Levine RS. Parenting Style and Perceptions of Children’s Weight among US Hispanics: A Qualitative Analysis. Health Promot Int. 2016 Aug 4. PMID: 27492823
Olanipekun TO, Salemi JL, Mejia de Grubb MC, Gonzalez S, Zoorob RJ. Clostridium difficile infection in patients hospitalized with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its impact on morbidity, mortality, and the costs of inpatient care. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2016 Jun;116:68-79. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2016.04.021.
Whiteman V, Salemi J, Mejia De Grubb M, Cain M, Mogos M, Zoorob R, Salihu H. The additive effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational diabetes on pregnancy outcomes and healthcare costs. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Nov;23(11):2299-308. doi: 10.1002/oby.21222.
Mejia de Grubb MC, Levine R, Kilbourne B, Husaini B, Skelton T, Langston M, Rust GE. Rural Congestive Heart Failure Mortality Among US Elderly, 1999-2013: Identifying Counties with Promising Outcomes and Opportunities for Implementation Research. Family Medicine and Community Health J. June 2015, 3(2): 27-38.
Juneja M, Mejia de Grubb MC, Wang H, Spooner K, Zoorob R. Exploring Point of Care Transformation in Diabetic Care: A Quality Improvement Approach. Family Medicine and Community Health J. June 2015, 3(2): 20-26.
Gonzalez S, Mejia de Grubb MC, Zoorob R. Patient-Centered Medical Home and Integrated Care in the United States: An opportunity to maximize delivery of primary care. Review. Family Medicine and Community Health J. June 2015, 3(2): 48-53.
Wang H, Warwick E, Mejia de Grubb MC, Deng N. Evaluation of Obstetrical Procedural Competence of Family Medicine Residents. Family Medicine and Community Health J. June 2015, 3(2): 69-78.
Mejia de Grubb MC, Kilbourne B, Zoorob R, Gonzalez G, Mkanta W, Levine R. Resident Physicians and Cancer Health Disparities: A Survey of Attitudes, Knowledge, and Practice. J Cancer Educ. 2016 Sep;31(3):541-6. doi: 10.1007/s13187-015-0846-8.
Mejia de Grubb MC, Kilbourne B, Kihlberg C, Levine RS. Demographic and Geographic Variations in Breast Cancer Mortality Among US Hispanics. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Feb;24(1 Suppl):140-52. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0043.
Mkanta WN, Mejia MC, Duncan R. Race, Outpatient Mental Health Service Use, and Survival After an AIDS Diagnosis in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 Jan;24(1):31-7. doi: 10.1089/apc.2009.0177.

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