Who we are
Leadership
President
Louisa Stark PhD
Executive Director
Karina Meiri PhD
Board of Directors
Kristin Bass PhD
Jeanne Chowning PhD
Aaron Kyle PhD
John A. Pollock PhD
Charlie Wray PhD
J. Michael Wyss PhD
Members
Find Association members and their projects by name, state, project title, or award number.
| State | Project Lead |
Award number and title |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama |
JOHNSON, PAIGE TURNER ptjohnso@ua.edu |
55R25GM142027-05 HSTA-Alabama Health Science and Technology Academy |
| Alabama |
WYSS, J. MICHAEL jmwyss@uab.edu |
55R25GM13296704 Science Education Enabling Careers II |
| Alaska |
CHENOWETH, ELLEN emchenoweth@alaska.edu |
1R25GM154362-01 OH STEM! Co-Creating a One Health STEM Ecosystem for Rural and Indigenous Alaska Students. |
| Arizona | RAMIREZ-ANDREOTTA, MONICA D. mdramire@arizona.edu |
5R25GM146227-02 Building a culture of health in the green: Participatory learning and action to address air and soil quality in rural underserved communities |
| Arizona |
HAKIM, SHAZIA TABASSUM stabassum@dinecollege.edu |
5R25GM150141-02 Convoy: A Cultural approach of Navajo Youth to Biomedical Sciences |
| Arkansas |
BAILEY, TAMEKA ARNETTtabaile@uark.edu |
1R25GM146290-01 STEAM Education and Training for Underrepresented Students and Teachers in the Arkansas Delta |
| Arkansas |
SHOBE, MARCIA ANNE mshobe@uark.edu |
5R25GM146290-03 STEAM education and training for underrepresented students in the Arkansas Delta |
| Arkansas |
PHELAN, KEVIN PhelanKevinD@uams.edu |
5R25AI187726-01 AR Tech DaSH: Arkansas Technology and Data Science in Health & Medicine |
| California |
ARMENTA, RICHARD rarmenta@csusm.edu |
1R25DA061948-01 Utilizing Community Partnerships to enhance Indigenous STEM Education for American Indian Youth |
| California |
BASS, KRISTIN Kristin@Rockman.com |
Rockman et al Collaborative |
| California | NEALON, CAITLIN cnealon@thetech.org |
1R25GM150184-01 Adapting and Scaling the Biotinkering Approach through a CoP Model |
| California |
NIELSEN, KATHERINE M katherine.nielsen@ucsf.edu |
5R25GM13734204 Constructing a Community of Teen Health Science Leaders (THSL) |
| California |
OSHEROFF, HILLEARY hosheroff@exploratorium.edu |
5R25GM132926-05 he Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era |
| California |
OZER, ELIZABETH M elizabeth.ozer@ucsf.edu |
1R25GM154357-01 AI4Health: Engaging Adolescents in Artificial Intelligence to Promote Pathways to Biomedical Careers |
| California |
REICH, NORBERT reich@chem.ucsb.edu |
5R25GM146309-02 SciTrek: How Science Works |
| California | TANNER, KIMBERLY D kdtanner@sfsu.edu |
1R25GM154334-01 Scientist Spotlights Partnership Program: Connecting High School Students with Science Role Models through Authoring Inclusive Curriculum Supplements |
| California | WHITE, LISA DIANE ldwhite@berkeley.edu |
5R25GM132971-05 STEM Escape: Immersing urban and rural families in a biomedical mystery |
| California | YASSA, MICHAEL A myassa@uci.edu |
5R25GM146300-03 The Brain Explorer Academy (BEA): An Informal Science Education Partnership |
| Colorado |
KO, MONLIN MONICA monlin.ko@colorado.edu |
5R25GM142056 - 04 EMPOWER: Enacting Materials to Promote Ownership, Engagement, and Relevance |
| Connecticut |
EVANS, LEIGH V leigh.evans@yale.edu |
5R25GM150132-03 Simulation Academy at Yale:Youth Entering Science |
| Connecticut |
GERRERO-MEDINA, GIOVANNA giovanna.guerrero-medina@yale.edu |
5R25GM146264-03 Seeds of Success: Empowering Girls in STEM Through Mentoring, Access, and Leadership |
| Delaware |
MILLIGAN, KIMBERLY ANNE kmilligan@desu.edu |
5R25GM137366-02 Biology, Bioinformatics & Chemistry Academy for Research Scholars (B2-CARS): A Partnership to Address Human Health Through Waste Water Remediation |
| Florida |
LIBERLES, JESSICA jliberle@fiu.edu |
5R25GM146301-03 Authentic Bioinformatics in the Classroom (ABC) Project |
| Florida |
LIBERLES, JESSICA jliberle@fiu.edu |
5R25AI170382-02 Engaging and Mentoring through Biomedical Research And Career Exploration (EMBRACE) |
| Florida |
SAAB, PATRICE GERALYN psaab@miami.edu |
5R25GM129812-05 UQUEST (Questioning, Understanding, Experiencing, Scientific Thinking) |
| Georgia |
BHAMLA, SAAD saadb@chbe.gatech.edu |
5R25GM142044-03 Frugal Science Academy: Training K-12 Innovators and Democratizing Synthetic Biology Tools |
| Georgia |
GEE, BEATRICE E beatrice.elizabeth.gee@emory.edu |
1R25GM154377-01 Elevating Mentoring Possibilities for Overcoming Withstanding Educational Roadblocks in Sickle Cell Disease (EMPOWER SCD): STEMM mentoring for youth with sickle cell disease |
| Georgia |
HODGES, GEORGIA georgiahodges@uga.edu |
5R25GM146272-02 SISTEMAS: Stimulating Immersive Science Through Engaging Motivating and Authentic Scenarios |
| Hawaii |
WITHY, KELLEY MARIE withy@hawaii.edu |
5R25GM150147-02 Science Career Inquiry - Exploring Native Cultural Experiences (SCI-ENCE) |
| Idaho |
ROBISON, BARRIE D brobison@uidaho.edu |
5R25GM150142-02 Eradicating Misconceptions about Viruses using Multimodal Trace Data in an Intelligent Game-based Environment across Educational Contexts |
| Idaho |
ROWLEY, PAUL A prowley@uidaho.edu |
1R25GM154336-01 yEvo: a high school lab for teaching evolution and genomics |
| Illinois |
JAGODA, PATRICK patrick.jagoda@gmail.com |
5R25GM137407-05 Hexacago Health Academy 2.0: a board game and augmented reality game intervention to promote STEM/health knowledge and career interest |
| Illinois |
KENNEDY, MICHAEL T m-kennedy@northwestern.edu |
5R25GM146332-03 Developing The Next Generation of NGSS Elementary Science Teacher Leaders |
| Illinois |
LOCKE, SHARON slockesiue@gmail.com |
5R25GM129818-05 Increasing High School Student Social Capital for Success in Health Professions |
| Illinois |
MEKINDA, MEGAN mmekinda@bsd.uchicago.edu |
1R25GM154352-01 SHE (Summer Healthcare Experience) in Oncology |
| Kansas |
ALONSO LUACES, MARIA malonsoluaces@kumc.edu |
5R25GM137272-04 Teachers and Students for Community-Oriented Research and Education: Linking Industry Partners, Faculty, and Teachers |
| Kentucky |
BRADLEY, LUKE H lhbradley@uky.edu |
5R25GM132961-05 STEM Through Authentic Research Training (START) Program for Underrepresented Communities |
| Louisiana |
ALI, MEHNAAZ FATIMA mefali07@gmail.com |
R25GM137382-04 Mobile Outreach for Laboratory Enrichment (XULA-MOLE) |
| Maine |
DISNEY, JANE jdisney@mdibl.org |
1R25NR021077-01 Promoting environmental health literacy through scientific communication and intergenerational learning in a K-12 safe drinking water citizen science project (Communicating Data) |
| Maine |
WRAY, CHARLES G charlie.wray@jax.org |
5R25GM142036-04 Teaching the Genome Generation: Cultivating High School Genomics through Teacher Education |
| Maryland |
CUTTER, PATRICK pcutter@umaryland.edu |
5R25GM150130-02 A Mouthful of History |
| Maryland |
DENNIS, ELIZABETH Elizabeth.Dennis@som.umaryland.edu |
1R25AG090804-01 UMB RAMP: UMB Research And Mentoring Program to develop skills and promote interest in STEM fields through hands-on exposure to academic research among West Baltimore Youth |
| Maryland |
NAN, ANJAN anan@umes.edu |
5R25GM129809-05 Drug Discovery and Biomedical Research Training (DDBRT) Program for Underserved Minority Youth |
| Massachusetts |
ASLAN, LISA lbethke@hria.org |
5R25GM146278-03 Knox Scholars Data Science Research Program |
| Massachusetts |
DAVIDESCO, IDO ido.davidesco@gmail.com |
7R25GM146286-03 Brain Healthy: Engaging Students in Citizen Science Brain Health and Wellness Investigations to Promote Data Science Literacy |
| Massachusetts |
DEROSA, DONALD A donder@bu.edu |
5R25GM146240-04 Mystery of the Crooked Cell 2.0: CityLab's Next Generation Socioscientific Approach to Gene Editing |
| Massachusetts |
JACQUE, BERRI H Berri.jacque@tufts.edu |
5R25GM137369-05 The Great Diseases: Bridging biomedical career exploration, competency building and mentoring |
| Massachusetts |
MEIRI, KARINA F Karina.meri@tufts.edu |
1R25GM154344-01 Addictive Behaviors: A Collaborative Co-Design Program to Promote Health Literacy and Career Awareness in High Schools |
| Massachusetts |
ORTEGA, DAISY P dortega@hria.org |
5R25GM146278-03 Knox Scholars Data Science Research Program |
| Massachusetts |
ROMNEY, CARLA Romney@bu.edu |
5R25GM146240-04 Mystery of the Crooked Cell 2.0: CityLab's Next Generation Socioscientific Approach to Gene Editing |
| Massachusetts | FRANZBLAU, CARL Franzblau@bu.edu |
5R25GM146240-04 Mystery of the Crooked Cell 2.0: CityLab's Next Generation Socioscientific Approach to Gene Editing |
| Michigan |
BAYER, IRENE rbayer@umich.edu |
1R25GM132964-04 Health in Our Hands: Building and sustaining student engagement in genomic and environmental health sciences through a community-school partnership. |
| Michigan |
DEJONCKHEERE, MELISSA mdejonck@med.umich.edu |
5R25GM137361-04 The Biology of Climate Change: Impacts on Human Health and the Science of Solutions |
| Minnesota |
RANDOLPH, ANITA CHRISTINE rando149@umn.edu |
5R25GM150174-02 Positive STEM Experiences for Underrepresented and Rural 6-12th Graders: A Novel Approach to Pre-Collegiate Neuroscience using a Train-the-Trainer Model, Summer Immersion, and Sustained Mentorship |
| Mississippi |
BARNARD, MARIE marie.barnard@gmail.com |
5R25GM142065-04 Project SCORE (Student-Centered Outcomes Research Experience) |
| Mississippi |
HOLBEN, DAVID dhholben@olemiss.edu |
1R25HD115243-01 LEARN Science: A K-2 Life Science and Reading Program in Public Libraries to Improve Science Achievement through Storytelling |
| Missouri |
CHALKER, DOUGLAS LEE dchalker@wustl.edu |
7R25GM142070-04 ASSET: Expanding and Sustaining Hands-on Science in K-12 Classrooms using Tetrahymena |
| Missouri |
VAN GARDEREN, DELINDA vangarderend@missouri.edu |
5R25GM146287-03 Linking Science, Math and Literacy for All Learners |
| Missouri |
FOLK, BILL folkw@missouri.edu |
5R25GM146287-03 Linking Science, Math and Literacy for All Learners |
| Montana |
CORNISH, JAMIE jcornish@montana.edu |
5R25GM137339-04 My Home, My Health: Place-Based Public Health Resources for Rural Educators |
| Montana |
HOLIAN, ANDRIJ andrij.holian@umontana.edu |
1R25GM150158-01 Improving middle grade STEM interest and increased learning using GN and DOC |
| Montana |
PEDULLA, MARISA L tierneymarisa@gmail.com |
5R25OD016533-03 Bringing Research Into the Classroom (BRIC):BUILDING THE BIOMEDICAL PIPELINE: A |
| Montana |
QUEEN, MATTHEW matt.queen1@msubillings.edu |
5R25GM137374-04 Authentic Community Engagement in Science (ACES) |
| Montana |
SACHATELLO-SAWYER, BONNIE bsawyer@hopamountain.org |
1R25AI187777-01 Medical Mentorship: Building Pathways to Health Careers |
| Montana |
TRUITT, HOLLY holly.truitt@umontana.edu |
5R25GM132950-05 The Link: A Collective, Place-Based Approach to Inspiring Missoula's Next-Generation Healthcare Work Force |
| Montana |
WARD, TONY JOHN tony.ward@umontana.edu |
1R25GM154354-01 Empowering Rural Students to Address Public and Climate Health Through Research |
| Nebraska | GODFREY, MAURICE mgodfrey@unmc.edu |
5R25GM142096-04 Encouraging Excellence: Health Science Education in Native American Communities |
| New Hampshire | AMATO-WIERDA, CARMELA carmela.amato-wierda@unh.edu |
5R25GM137381-05 The New Hampshire Collaborative for Regenerative Medicine Education and Training for Engineers and Scientists of the Future |
| New Hampshire | FALETRA, PETER peter.faletra@gmail.com |
5R25GM132946-05 Learning Science Through Research |
| New York |
CULP, KATHERINE kculp@nysci.org |
5R25GM142063-04 Preventable Differences: Exploring Public Health Careers with Black and Latino Youth |
| New York |
CUPERTINO, ANA PAULA paula_cupertino@urmc.rochester.edu |
1R25GM154371-01 Culturally Responsive Education to Enhance STEM (CRE2STEM) |
| New York |
DIKKER, Suzanne Suzanne.Dikker@nyu.edu |
5R25MH135446-02 Environmental Neuroscience for All: A participatory science program and platform for students, teachers, scientists, and communities |
| New York |
KAVANAGH, KATHLEEN kkavanag@clarkson.edu |
5R25GM150156-02 Building Rural Aspirations in Neuroscience with STEM (BRAIN-STEM) |
| New York |
KOCH, PAM ANN pak14@tc.columbia.edu |
R25 GM146276-02 Creating Resources Uplifting, Nutrition, Culture, and Health at Lunch (CRUNCH Lunch) |
| New York |
KOURY, STEPHEN T stvkoury@buffalo.edu |
5R25GM137364-05 The Metagenomics Education Partnership: Harnessing the Power of Microbial Genome Sequencing and Big Data with High School Students and Teachers. |
| New York |
KRAMMER, FLORIAN florian.krammer@mssm.edu |
5R25GM150146-02 New York City Virus Hunters - A Community Science Initiative |
| New York |
MARKOWITZ, DINA GROSSMAN dina_markowitz@urmc.rochester.edu |
1R25GM154371-01 Culturally Responsive Education to Enhance STEM (CRE2STEM) |
| New York |
MICKLOS, DAVID ANDREW micklos@cshl.edu |
5R25GM137355-05 Citizen DNA Barcode Network: A Community-based Infrastructure for Monitoring Biodiversity and Disease Vectors |
| New York |
RAO, SMITA smita.rao@nyu.edu |
1R25GM154372-01 CCL-IGNITE (IncreasinG RepresentatioN In RehabilItation and CreaTivE Health Professions Research) |
| New York |
ROLDOS, ISABEL M mariaisalbelroldos@lehman.cuny.edu |
5R25GM154351-02 Using place-based education to engage Bronx high schoolers and teachers in health disparity research |
| North Carolina |
AMSBARY, JESSICA A amsbary@email.unc.edu |
1R25GM154384-01 Inclusive pre-k stem playgroups: empowering our youngest learners and their caregivers for confidence and competence in stem learning |
| North Carolina |
CHEN, ANG a_chen@uncg.edu |
5R25GM129805-05 The Science of Essential Balance |
| North Carolina |
GRAY, KATHLEEN M kgray@unc.edu |
1R25GM142060-01 Iterative Design to Engage All (IDEA) Learners: A teacher-scientist collaboration to feature biomedical research and engage diverse high school students |
| North Carolina |
KYLE, AARON MATTHEW aaron.kyle@duke.edu |
5R25GM142072-05 Outreach Design Education (ODE) |
| North Carolina | STAGE, VIRGINIA CARRAWAY virginia_stage@ncsu.edu |
5R25GM132939 More PEAS Please! |
| Oregon |
COATS, VICTORIA JEAN vcoats@omsi.edu |
5R25GM150140-02 Wildfire and Human Health in a Changing Climate |
| Oregon |
LAMPI, KIRSTEN JEANNE Lampik@ohsu.edu |
1R25GM154345-01 Opening WINDOWS for high school learners to see and explore dentistry and dental research careers |
| Pennsylvania |
GENOVESI, JACQUELINE jsg39@drexel.edu |
5R25GM142028-04 Seeds to STEM: Cultivating early Nutrition, Literacy, Numeracy, and STEM knowledge and skills in Teachers, 3–5-year-olds, and Families through a Bilingual Asset-based curriculum in Two Major Cities |
| Pennsylvania |
DELISSER, HORACE M delisser@pennmedicine.upenn.edu |
5R25HL084665-19 Short-Term Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in Health-Related Research |
| Pennsylvania |
POLLOCK, JOHN ARCHIE john.apollock@gmail.com |
5R25GM132910-05 Partnerships for Prevention: A plan for managing student stress, anxiety, and pain through interactive media |
| Rhode Island |
ROWLEY, DAVID drowley@uri.edu |
5R25AT012655-02 Hands on Education and Research for Biomedical and Analytical Learning |
| South Carolina |
SQUEGLIA, LINDSAY squegli@musc.edu |
5R25GM142048-04 MUSC High School Teen Science Ambassador Program |
| Tennessee |
AYERS, KATHERINE kate.ayers@stjude.org |
5R25GM150178-02 Memphis STEM-M Ambassadors |
| Tennessee |
GIBBONS, MELINDA MILLER mgibbon2@utk.edu |
5R25GM137365-05 Imagining Possibilities in Post-Secondary education and STEMM in Rural Appalachia |
| Tennessee |
MOORE, JACEN SHANNON jmaiermo@uthsc.edu |
F5R25GM142091-03 From High School to Health Care – Lab and Data Science Pathways to Success |
| Texas |
CANNON, CAROLYN LOUISE carolyn.cannon@tamu.edu |
1R25GM154366-01 TREX:Texas Research Experience Experiment |
| Texas |
HUANG, SHIXIA shixiah@bcm.edu |
R25GM154361-02 Biotechnology Incubator for Teachers (BRITE) |
| Texas |
MORENO, NANCY P nmoreno@bcm.edu |
5R25GM142019-03 Authentic Literacy and Language (ALL) for Science |
| Texas |
MORERA, OSVALDO F omorera@utep.edu |
5R25GM132959-05 Project ACE -- ACtion for Equity: A BUILDing SCHOLARS Pipeline |
| Texas |
NICHOL, CAROLYN AITKEN cnichol@rice.edu |
5R25GM150177-02 Evaluation of Cancer Health Activism Network for Greater Equity (CHANGE) |
| TX Texas |
ORTIZ, ARACELI araceli.ortiz@utsa.edu |
1R25EB036584-01 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SUPERHEROES: Health Science, Engineering, and Data Science Elementary Curriculum Development & Outreach Program |
| Texas |
RIGGS, ROSEMARY rriggs@txbiomed.org |
5R25GM142021-04 It's Contagious! Promoting the Biomedical Workforce Pipeline through Infectious Diseases |
| Texas |
SHAW, BRYAN F. bryan_shaw@baylor.edu |
5R25GM146265-03 Increasing access to chemistry for high schoolers with blindness: a program to jump start Central Texas |
| Texas |
STOVALL, GWENDOLYN M gwenstovall@utexas.edu |
5R25GM142078 - 04 High School Research Initiative Expansion Project |
| Utah |
FENKER, KRISTIN kristinf@genetics.utah.edu |
1R25GM154387-01 The Biology of Climate Change: Impacts on Human Health and the Science of Solutions |
| UT Utah |
STARK, LOUISA A louisa.stark@utah.edu |
1R25GM154387-01 The Biology of Climate Change: Impacts on Human Health and the Science of Solutions |
| Vermont |
DOUGHERTY, ANNE K anne.dougherty@uvmhealth.org |
1R25GM154373-01 New American Youth on the Rise |
| Virginia |
EDMONDSON, ELIZABETH petering@uwm.edu |
5R25GM142033-03 PATHS |
| Virginia |
EDMONDSON, ELIZABETH petering@uwm.edu |
5R25DA036915-09 VCU Health Education Opportunities for Teachers (HERO-T) |
| Virginia |
CLAPMAN, LEAH lclapman@newshour.org |
5R25GM150172-02 PBS NewsHour STEM StoryMaker: Project-based learning for youth health literacy and biomedical career awareness through journalism and storytelling |
| Washington |
CHOWNING, JEANNE TING chowning@fredhutch.org |
R25GM154358-01 RIPPLES: Reducing Inequities by Promoting Participatory Learning Experiences in Science |
| West Virginia |
MORTON, MARY CATHERINE catherine.morton@hsc.wvu.edu |
R25GM126285 #MYHealth: Training the Next Generation of Health Researchers |
| West Virginia |
WOOD, CHARLES ARTHUR chuckwood@wheeling.edu |
5R25GM132909 Natural Disasters & HealthNDH will inspire and inform middle school students about life-threatening health effects of natural disasters. Students role-play scientists in 90-min live simulations. |
| Wisconsin |
HERMAN, TIM M. herman@msoe.edu |
5R25GM146236-04 Tomorrow's Science Today: Preparing for the Next Pandemic |
| Wisconsin |
PETERING, DAVID HAROLD petering@uwm.edu |
5R25GM142031-04 Learning and Discovery in Experimental Environmental Health Science: On the Path from Data to Knowledge |
| Puerto Rico |
CAMPOS-RIVERA, MARIBEL maribel.campos@upr.edu |
5R25GM137368-04 Semilla - planting the seeds of change for Puerto Rico |
| Puerto Rico |
QUESADA, ORESTES quesada.orestes@gmail.com |
5R25GM137212-04 University of Puerto Rico Asthma Awareness and STEM Program |
| DC District of Columbia | LUBAN, NAOMI L nluban@childrensnational.org |
5R25GM146282-03 Science Journeys |
| DC District of Columbia |
VALENTIN FELICIANO, YASHIRA MARIE yashira@hispanicaccess.org |
5R25GM150175-02 Senderos a la Ciencia/Pathways to Science Hispanic Role Model and Mentoring Project |