Research Assistant Professor
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Carrie Leach, Ph.D., M.P.A., is a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute of Gerontology, Community Engagement Program Manager at the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES), and Associate Director for Community Inclusion at the Center for Health Equity and Community Knowledge in Urban Populations (CHECK-UP) at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
In all of her roles at WSU, she draws on her extensive experiences in and principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) collaborative projects with the aim of increasing University in-reach and fostering community access to the science community whose expertise can be leveraged for public good, and also so that researchers may benefit mutually from the interactions with local stakeholders.
She is passionate about co-developing strategies with community stakeholders that address communication disparities and improve the flow of and access to health bolstering information.
Dr. Leach’s dissertation was inspired by and stemmed from working closely with community members across communities in Michigan over the last 15 years to conduct needs assessments of older adults. Those studies included data from more than 5,000 older adults whose challenges related to declining social resources that exacerbated their communication disparities were of special concern.
She has been a leader in community engagement with the CURES where she helped establish and maintains a 25-member Community Advisory Board (CAB) to co-lead the community engagement activities including co-developing multi-media informational materials aimed at improving environmental health literacy of Detroit residents which has resulted in the dissemination of health-protecting information to more than 5,000 Detroiters through face-to-face interactions and thousands more through other media.
In 2020, her focus shifted to digital exclusion and inequity and received more than $500,000 in funding to address technology barriers which resulted in the distribution of 1,700 computer devices to older Detroit residents in 2021.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET