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FELLOWS AND PROJECTS
2009-2010
Craig Blatt, Vogtle Ninh, Richard Sawaya, Biraj Shah, University of Maryland, Baltimore Dental School
Craig, Vogtle, Richard and Biraj will be working on Healthy Smiles for Baltimore Kids - Phase III - to incorporate educational lessons for the afterschool students.
Karolyn Kopcza, Danielle Kyes, and Lisa Selem, University of Maryland, Baltimore Dental School
Karolyn, Danielle and Lisa will be working with Success in Style (My Sisters Place) on a project promoting dignity and self-sufficiency among disadvantaged women.
Alison Hoover, Rebekah Husker, and Ellen Paulisick, University of Maryland, Baltimore Dental School
Alison, Rebekah and Ellen will work with Baltimore Education and Awareness for mothers and children (B.E.A.M.) program to provide oral health screenings for women and their children.
Farashta Sediqzad and Diana Shoe, University of Maryland, Baltimore Dental School
Farashta and Diana will work on an oral health project geared toward Hispanic moms and toddlers.
Leila Ashkeboussi and Kathleen O'Malley, University of Maryland, Baltimore Law School
Leila and Kathleen will work with Civic Environmental Leadership Program to heighten environmental awareness amongst at-risk youth in Baltimore.
Jordan Ambrose and Jessica Ton, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine
Jordan and Jessica will work on a project about sex trafficking & hygiene education for adolescents, which aims to help them develop healthy lifestyles and be able to re-enter society with a better outlook for their future.
Adam Fisch, Elizabeth Kawa, Ryan Moran, and Aparna Ramaseshan, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine
Adam, Elizabeth, Ryan and Aparna will work with Mountain Manor and Juvenile Justice Programs on a project to explore and define the ingredients of healthy and abusive relationships (renewed project from previous fellowships).
Andrew York, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Pharmacy
Andrew will work on a project that aims to target diseases that are prevalent and preventable, and to educate students on how to prevent the disease.
Ameet Joshi and James Wang, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Pharmacy
Ameet and James will work on “One Less, One More” project, providing healthcare for elementary & middle school children.
Amanda Hong, Sarah Puryear and Sherveen Salek, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Amanda, Sarah and Sherveen will work with the Baltimore Bienestar program to promote healthy lifestyles in the Hispanic population.
Karan Kumar, Birju Patel and Mona Rezapour, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Karan, Birju and Mona will work with a Students Stopping Violence program at Dunbar & Stadium to provide students resources to fight violence at school and at home.
Kevin Chang, Laura Ellington and Elizabeth Ketner, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kevin, Laura and Elizabeth will work with Wolfe Street Tutoring to provide an afterschool program with the concept of one-on-one tutoring; the sports clinic and a gardening club will be an additional project element.
April Clayton, Arielle Stewart and Nance Yuan, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
April, Arelle and Nance will work with an Incentive Mentoring Program (IMP) to address the needs of disadvantaged and troubled students at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.
Rajesh Sekar and Christina Sun, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rajesh and Christina will work with an Incentive Mentoring Program (IMP) to ensure academic success of the IMP kids and acquisition and evaluation of performance statistics.
Cheri Cannon, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cheri will work on a breast cancer prevention project.
Margaret Fink and Julia V. Perkins, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Margaret and Julia will work to provide birth companion support to pregnant youth that are in the juvenile justice system in Baltimore City.
2008-2009
Fana Aragaw, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Fana will be doing a health education initiative through the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC).
Swathi Eluri, Alan Johnson and Chad McCarthy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Swathi, Alan and Chad will be doing an afterschool tutoring program & sports clinic at the Wolfe Street Academy.
Dorie Frank, Sara Kramer, Sarah Raymond, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Dorie, Sara and Sarah will be doing their project at Baltimore Education and Awareness for Mothers and Children (B.E.A.M.), a program to empower the women in Baltimore City to obtain and maintain a healthy oral environment.
Meghan Hatfield-Yanacek and Noah Isserman, University of Maryland School of Law
Meghan and Noah will be assessing mental health needs of homeless veterans at Homeless Persons Representation Project (HPRP), Inc.
Adam Iddriss, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Adam will be doing a sexual education program for eighth graders at Dunbar Middle School.
Stephen Juraschek and Miriam Stewart, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen and Miriam will create a program that engages students in the health professions as outreach workers to the Latino community of East Baltimore.
Allison Kaeding, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Allison will be working on a project that incorporates health education into tutoring sessions.
Helen Kinsman, Lara Kovell and Jeffrey Tosoian, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Helen, Lara and Jeffrey will be addressing the needs of most disadvantaged and troubled students at The Incentive Mentoring Program at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.
Kathleen Lee, Matthew Peters and Kumaran Senthil, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kathleen, Matthew and Kumaran will be maintaining relationships with the students after they graduate from the The Incentive Mentoring Program.
Shirley Lee, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Shirley will be doing direct human services to the homeless community through Project Jump Start & UMB-SOP.
Paz Luncsford, Meghan Marmillion and Marie Shockley, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Paz, Meghan and Marie will be doing their project at The Mountain Manor Treatment Center, an inpatient drug rehabilitation site for adolescents; Juvenile Justice Program, a temporary detention center for delinquent male youths.
Julia O’Connor, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Julia will be an educational lecture on contraception that would be given in drug treatment centers, homeless shelters and domestic violence shelters.
Rosemary Okpulor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Rosemary will be doing blood Pressure screening and Stroke/Diabetes/Heart Attack Awareness.
Jennifer Pappas, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Jennifer plans to establish a “Children’s Center” for elementary through high school-aged children and youth.
Sabrina Powell, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Sabrina will be working at Project Jump Start helping homeless people to regain social identity and preventative care.
Lauren Errington, Jason Raines, Christopher Widmer, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Lauren, Jason and Christopher will be doing their project at Health Smiles for Baltimore Kids – Phase II.
Joseph Meyers and Sara Ryan, University of Maryland School of Law
Joseph and Sara will be doing their project at The University of Maryland domestic violence hotline project.
Adam Schneider, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Adam’s project is to increase the integration of advocacy and organizing into the existing direct service initiatives of Project Jump Start.
Soe Mon, Dayo Ogunnaike, Yetunde Tyehimba-Fatoba, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Soe, Dayo and Yetunde will be doing a health education program for children ages 9-14 and their parents.
2007-2008
Alexander Billioux, Curtis Bone, and Emily Johnson, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alexander, Curtis and Emily worked with General Wolfe Elementary School in proposing a fundamental change for language differences; the paucity of educational opportunities, and the lack of readily accessible health resources required for health maintenance.
Zoe Blacksin, Robin Goldman, and Margaret Tsien, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Zoe, Robin, and Margaret worked with the Mountain Manor Treatment Center in discussion with adolescent patients that have health concerns at the outpatient drug rehabilitation site.
Derek Blank and David Richman-Raphael, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Derek and David created a dental component for Project Jump Start to help meet the oral health needs of homeless individuals in Baltimore.
Qiana Cryer, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Qiana worked with the Grandparents program at Steuart Hill Middle School.
Blake Dohrn, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Blake developed a children’s program Catherine’s Hearth, a support center for homeless families.
Paulina Gorney, Lauren Minor, Omobonike Oloruntoba, and Hadas Skupsky, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Paulina, Lauren, Omobonike, and Hadas worked together to expand the curriculum for nutritional education for late middle school and early high school students.
Catherine Harbour, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Catherine worked with the Baltimore Resettlement Center (BRC) and International Rescue Committee (IRC) to help refugees learn skills for home hygiene.
Lisa Krain, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Lisa developed resources for Baltimore-Area Adults with learning disabilities and/or ADHD.
Deepti Kulkarni, University of Maryland School of Law
Deepti worked with The University of Maryland domestic violence hotline project.
Jessica Lee, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Jessica worked with Healthy Smiles for Baltimore Kids which targets Elementary aged children in second and third grades.
Ingrid Lofgren, University of Maryland School of Law
Ingrid worked on the Public Justice Center Prisoner’s Rights Project for health care and civil rights violations.
Holly Martin, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Holly worked to improve the existing school nutrition education curriculum at Dr. Rayner Browne Elementary School.
Sarah Mattos, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Sarah organized a weekly girls’ group to discuss health issues; future careers; topics or articles that are open for ideas.
Debraj Mukherjee, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Debraj’s project, “Active Steps to a Healthier Life,” was in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Hospital ER and Adolescent clinic.
Ligia Paina, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ligia organized two workshops addressing the health care needs of refugees and immigrants with the Episcopal Refugee and Immigrant Center Alliance (ERICA).
Alice (Kathy) Pazmino, Brynne Reece, and Nuthyla Sinada, University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Alice, Brynne, and Nuthyla targeted Early Head Start and Head Start programs to enhance the development of young children, and to promote healthy family functioning.
2006-2007
Dan Anderson, John Watts, and Patricia Keegan, University of Maryland, Baltimore Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Social Work
Dan, John, and Patricia created “Project Jump Start”, a student run health clinic for homeless individuals in West Baltimore. The clinic provides basic health and social services.
Sally Altland, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work
Sally provided a tutoring service/work shop to assist families to maintain a healthy and productive lifestyle.
Kathryn Brown, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Kathryn participated in a community outreach project based at Healthcare for the Homeless working with persons living with HIV providing outreach services.
Edward Chu, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Edward worked with the Urban Health Institute’s volunteer counseling and testing program to strengthen the communication and capacity building.
Pammie Crawford, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Pammie worked with at-risk youth in tutoring for classes, GED preparation and career advisement utilizing the counselors at Baltimore City College.
Neal deJong and Paul Ravi Waldron, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Neal and Paul created a writing and self-expression class for residents of the Christopher Place Academy.
Morgan Dooley and Jessica Opoku-Anane, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Morgan and Jessica worked with the Community Adolescent Sexuality Education (CASE) program in the Dunbar Middle School teaching sexual education to 8th graders.
Lauren Graham, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Lauren worked with at-risk youth within the Department of Juvenile Justice System providing the correct knowledge to make healthy choices in hopes to prevent unprepared, unwanted pregnancies.
Tokunbo Macaulay, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Law
Tokunbo established a writer’s workshop for students in middle school.
Teresa Matejovsky, Sarah Goldberg, and Lesley Wojcik, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine
Teresa, Sarah, and Lesley provided basic health education classes for at-risk students at Mountain Manor to focus on general health, STD’s and pregnancy.
Erin McDonald, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Erin worked with the community service and advocacy project entitled ‘Voices of Change’ based on the use of photo-voice – qualitative non traditional communication method focused on the social and health challenges of this population.
Charles Peoples, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Law
Charles worked with the Baltimore City Ex-offender Initiative to create regular legal and conduct re-entry seminars to ensure seamless transition back into society.
Eric Tan and Jordan Leyton-Mange, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Eric and Jordan worked with Juniors at the Dunbar High School preparing them for the upcoming college application cycle to include financial aid training.
Poornima Vanguri, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine
Poornima developed a curriculum for nutrition education for late middle school and early high school students.
2005-2006
Daniel Bowers, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel is worked with Melissa and Romina on the continuation of the “Incentive Mentoring” project at Dunbar High School, a project that included weekly tutoring, volunteer service, and special trips for twenty high school juniors. In addition to tutoring, Daniel tracked the students’ progress and maintaining databases of their personal information and documentation of all sessions. He also organized supplementary contact with colleges, vocational programs and military services to promote career planning. Finally, there were several outdoor activities throughout the year that were focused on teamwork and lifelong physical fitness.
Anna Brown, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Anna worked in the summer and after school program at Sandtown Winchester Community Center, assisting them in various capacities such as teaching, cleaning, monitoring, tutoring, and chaperoning field trips. The main focus of her project, however, was to work with a group of over sixty children between the ages of 5 and 13, and to expose them to the different types of dance. Each day built on the previous day in order to teach the children a series of stretches, movements, and dance steps. Her goal was to get them more physically fit by providing them with a safe, fun, and creative way of exercising.
Melissa Dattalo, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Melissa worked with Daniel and Romina on the partnership project entitled, “Incentive Mentoring” at Dunbar High School, and also tutored students on a weekly basis. However, her main focus was on recruiting volunteers to expand the tutoring base to ensure the lasting success of the program. Melissa also focused on providing guidance for career development and in particular, she assisted students in identifying their options for attaining and financing a college education. These activities included assembling a college search packet with admissions and financial aid information, performing scholarship searches, helping students prepare for the SATs, and helping students to build a strong college application.
Frank Diggs, Coppin State University Helen Fuld School of Nursing
This project focused on urban adolescent males ages 14-19 providing reproductive health education to prevent unplanned pregnancy and STIs and HIV/AIDs.
Sarah Elby, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Sarah’s project at Parent’s Place and Maryland Family Voices included health advocacy and leadership for family members and children with special health care needs.
Leah Goldfine, University of Maryland School of Social Work &
University of Maryland School of Law
Leah worked with case management at the International Rescue Committee to assist refugees in America in finding housing, educational opportunities, and other basic needs that refugees often struggle to find. She also assisted in transporting clients to appointments and help in connecting the clients to housing resources, public benefits, medical treatment, and other resources. The intended result was for the refugees to be as settled and comfortable in Baltimore as they can be.
Sidney Knight, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Sidney’s project took place at Project HOPTE, a day center for the homeless mentally ill. He helped motivate and assist the mentally ill patients to become more physically active, as well as to promote socialization and proper nutrition. He started fitness days, which included scheduled times for exercise, nutritional videos, and occasional outdoor activities. Once or twice a month, he had have group presentations where a guest speaker came to present a health.
Sarah Lindstrom, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sarah’s project continued on the project from Mark Stibish, a Schweitzer Fellow from the class of 2003-2004. She worked with students at St Frances Academy, a private high school in Greenmount, to produce and air a radio piece. The content of the radio piece was about the planning, responses, and aftermath of Katrina. The students conducted interviews with survivors, relief workers, and other students in preparation of the piece. Skills training in interviewing and radio editing were be given to the students.
Tracy Lo, University of Maryland School of Medicine
For her project at the University of Maryland Hospital’s Pediatric AIDs clinic, Tracy worked on fundraising and planning events, as well as establishing necessary infrastructure for a mentoring program which connects volunteers with patients.
Maria Mainolfi, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Maria worked at Joseph Ritchie Hospice to expose medical students to Hospice care.
Patricia McGaa, University of Maryland School of Social Work &
University of Maryland School of Law
Patricia worked to promote physical and emotional health environmentalism and community with girls through outdoor education. This program worked with girls on learning outdoor skills and will be conducted at the Maryland Girl Scouts (region 2).
Therese Menez, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Nursing
Therese worked at HERO where she worked with HIV/AIDs clients to provide clients with education, referrals, and support. She will identify the needs of the HERO clientele and implement interventions after analyzing assessment data from assessments of the educational needs and wants of the HERO clientele.
Amy Petkovsek, University of Maryland School of Law
Amy’s project built on volunteer activities of prior fellows at the Baltimore City Teen Court, providing topics of importance, including conflict resolution/mediation, as well as topics related to health issues that teens face. The project enabled youth to advocate for the health disparities in their schools and communities.
Melissa Pool, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Melissa worked at Tamar’s Children, a non profit lockdown facility for pregnant women who have been convicted of nonviolent crimes with sentences of 14 months to 3 years.
Mona Shah, University of Maryland School of Law
Mona worked at the Baltimore Health Care Access to improve access for mothers and children enrolled in the Medicaid Program.
Laura Silverstein, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Laura worked at Health Care for the Homeless and focused on health issues for homeless women.
Romina Wahab, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Romina worked with Melissa and Daniel on the “Incentive Mentoring” program at Dunbar High School. She worked specifically with a small group (about 5 students) or one-on-one tutoring by JHMI student volunteers that focus on assisting students with their homework. During the summer, 3 hour session SAT preparation classes are offered. Academic progress was monitored by their performance on homework assignments, class tests, and ultimately their final class grade. Short paper surveys were conducted to see what post-secondary pathways students are interested in. Monthly or bi-monthly community service activities were also continued.
2004-2005
Melissa Baum, University of Maryland School of Law
Health Education Resource Organization, Inc. (H.E.R.O.): Assisted with legal counseling at H.E.R.O. She worked with client intake, representation of clients, and conducted research on each client’s legal issues.
Charlotte Byrd, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Charmayne Little Southeast Youth Academy: Created a project on sexual health and wellness in adolescent girls, building self-esteem using lessons integrated with a media project.
Rupa Chilukuri, University of Maryland School of Law
My Sister’s Place: Conducted legal workshops on a whole range of issues (housing, employment, domestic violence, financial literacy, benefits, etc.) for women in transitional housing and shelters.
Constantine Demetracopoulos, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore City Health Department-Caroline Street: Developed free primary care health education, health promotion, HIV-testing using Ora Quik, and Medbank for prescriptions.
Elizabeth Dzeng, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Developed a self-sustaining free clinic to provide quality healthcare and medicine to residents of Baltimore City, specifically the Latino population, who lack health insurance.
Mary Garner, University of Maryland School of Law
Eager Street Academy : Helped detained juvenile delinquents to achieve their fullest potential through the development of leadership skills, effective conflict resolution, and peace building skills; also worked to deepen their understanding of their role as advocates in the community.
Sarah Hemminger, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S.: Worked at Dunbar High School with cohorts of students providing mentoring and support for low-achieving students. There were twenty other volunteers who were recruited to the program.
Heidi Johnson, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Essex Community (Centro de la Communidad): Worked with Hispanics to coach them in navigating the health and human service systems, including the area of mental health.
Gabrielle Kilgore, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Charmayne Little Southeast Youth Academy: Created a project on sexual health and wellness in adolescent girls, building self-esteem through lessons integrated with a media project.
Melissa Kline, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Isaiah Wellness Center/Apostolic Towers: Carried on the work of prior fellows working with the seniors and their volunteer service programs.
Aisling McGuckin, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Pacquin High School for Pregnant Teens: Developed a breast-feeding program for teen mothers.
Rachel McLean , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Women’s Detention Center (WDC): Worked with incarcerated women to enhance their self-sufficiency and literacy skills.
Jane Oh , University of Maryland School of Medicine
The Adolescent Clinic at the University of Maryland School of Medicine: Conducted small group sessions with adolescents, which focused on health promotion and obesity.
Vickie Piontkowski,University of Maryland School of Social Work
Maryland New Directions: Contacted community employers to negotiate a brief volunteer contract (10-15 hours) for job readiness clients specifically referred by Maryland New Directions staff. The employers then provided them with a personal reference letter.
Jonathan Samet, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Adolescent & Young Adult Center at University of Maryland: Worked with Dr. Marcell to assess patients’ nutritional health through questionnaires and interviews; intervened with guardians and children to attempt to adjust lifestyle and eating habits.
Darlene Stauch,College of Notre Dame Geriatric Program
Southeast Senior Housing Initiative: Worked on food safety and food-borne illness assessment and intervention in low-income, elderly community dwellings.
Demetris White, University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore City Teen Court : Mentored and provided educational activities for high school students who participate in Baltimore City Teen Court. The forum fostered communication between the youths about health issues present in their lives.
2003-2004
Jody Acheson & Jamie Mignano , Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Public Health
Centro de la Comunidad: Developed a support group for pregnant Latina women who have little or no support systems.
Pooja Adhikary , University of Maryland Law School
Southeast Youth Academy: Worked with high school girls to introduce and discuss domestic violence and its effects.
Kamila Alexander , Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Spanish Apostolate: Educated people in the Latino community about HIV/STD prevention strategies.
Lisa Chan , University of Maryland School of Medicine
“Star Track” Adolescent HIV Program: Educated girls age 12-24 about reproductive health and provided decision mentoring, particularly on HIV.
Mark Donahue & Sara Schoolwerth , University of Maryland School of Social Work
First Apostolic Towers Wellness Center : Used yoga as a holistic approach to wellness and fitness in the elderly community, socialized with the elderly, aided in case management, and contributed volunteer services.
Thomas Guadamuz , Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Centro de la Comunidad: Offered education workshops for middle and high school Latinos and their parents, on HIV/AIDS prevention.
Angela McMichael , University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Cherry Hill Senior Center , Epiphany House, Rosemont Senior Adult Day Care Center: Focused on diabetes and the effects it has on lifestyle.
Joseph Peterson , University of Maryland School of Law
Reentry Program/Enterprise Foundation: Provided legal services to people reentering society from prison.
April Puscavage & Liana Rose , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
St. Michael’s Outreach Center: Taught computer skills to members of the Hispanic community and established a website in Spanish for health resources.
Allison Sand , University of Maryland School of Social Work
Paul’s Place: Developed a super pantry which will provide health and nutritional needs for the individuals it serves, as well as community outreach.
Mark Siedner , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Men’s Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital ER and Adolescent Clinic: Provided HIV counseling, testing, and other services.
Ken Shapiro , University of Maryland School of Social Work
Reentry Program/Enterprise Foundation: Worked with a prisoner reentry program.
Mark Stibich , Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Dunbar High School: Aided students with college application preparation.
Babak Tofighi, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Canton Middle School/Southeast Youth Academy : Developed youth outreach and community action projects.
2002-2003
Chandra Basham & Christopher Campbell, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maternity Center East: Built partnerships between first-year medical students and pregnant teens for prenatal and post-delivery visits, meaningful learning experiences, and social interaction.
Melinda Fowl, University of Maryland School of Social Work
IOSC- Jean Holloway: Provided outreach services to Baltimore's immigrants and refugees (in particular, the Liberian community) by providing referrals to health and social services.
Amy Hampton, University of Maryland School of Social Work
St. Michael's Outreach Center: Worked at the center’s pantry to increase participants' basic knowledge of nutrition, food preparation, and ways to reduce food expenses.
Sharon Kim, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Greenmount Korean Senior Center : Educated seniors on medications and existing health and human services.
Javier Lasa, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Education Based Latino Organization (EBLO): Develop photo-novellas to enhance the clinic's outreach services on preventing and treating sexually transmitted diseases.
Hwayun Lee & Hyun Park , John Hopkins University School of Nursing and Bloomberg School of Public Health
Korean Resource Center: Developed a resource guide in Korean on the topic of health and human services.
Ju Hee Lee, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Save Middle East Action Committee: Promoted senior involvement in redevelopment plans for East Baltimore Biotech Park.
Elaina Lin, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
William Donald Schaefer House: Provided sex health education for boys age 14-18.
Leslie Lobos, University of Maryland School of Law
Annie E. Casey Foundation Community Center : Provided workshops on legal issues surrounding housing, health, employment, education, and finances for young Latino mothers.
Zinnia Ng, John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Southeast Youth Academy: Provided workshops for girls about body image, depression, relationships, and other health issues.
Lisa Nutting & Carmen Pichard , John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hispanic Apostolate: Developed personalized health record cards for Latina women.
Michelle Reillo, Notre Dame College, Geriatric Program
Good Samaritan Hospital / HIV Clinic: Promoted HIV/AIDS prevention in the elderly.
2001-2002
Amy G. Bryant , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
GBMC Weinberg Community Health Center: Served as an interpreter for Latino patients
Latino Community-Student Health Initiative: Encouraged medical students to partner with the Latino community to improve health and raise awareness of health issues in the population.
Shu-Hong (Holly) Chang , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Volunteered with an intergenerational summer camp program where seniors tutor elementary school students and accompany them on outings to ethnic restaurants.
Linda Cofiell , College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Adulthood & Aging Program
West 20 Senior Living Building: Provided meaningful and mentally stimulating activities for residents including the use of the Internet, taping oral histories, and publishing a community newsletter.
Bermesola Dyer , Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Chinquapin Middle School, Pimilico Elementary School, and Frederick Douglass High School:Provided nutritional workshops to youth.
Cheryl Ekkebus and Kristie Louie, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maternity East Program: Expanded the “Pregnant Teen Partnership Program" through improvement of monthly meetings and the recruitment process; established a program for father involvement; and empowered teens and fathers to become active in the community.
Kimberly R. Jordan , Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
McCledon Center, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC: Worked with the mentally ill in a day socialization program.
Katie Ketterman , University of Maryland School of Social Work
Planned Parenthood: Prepared a "Family Health and Well-Being Series" on topics such as birth control, STDs, AIDS/HIV, healthy relationships, and active parenting to be presented at Baltimore Family Support Centers.
Eva Moore , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Peggy's Place: Developed meaningful group sessions for the youth, organized outdoor and creative activities, and nurtured useful skills and behaviors.
Eden Noe , University of Maryland School of Law
Paul's Place in Pigtown: Tutored and mentored junior high school students in a school district with a 65% drop out rate for high school students.
Adam K. Richards , J ohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Rose Street Community Center: Designed a system to provide health education resources to the community; identified healthcare needs of clients and facilitated referrals to services in the surrounding community.
Meredith B. Rockeymoore , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/ Public Health
Southeast Youth Academy : Designed a prevention and intervention program to address the HIV/AIDS crisis among African-American youth.
Joshua T. Schiffer and Jennifer Schneider, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Big Sibling/Little Sibling Program: Paired students with HIV children to provide moral support in dealing with this illness, and served as a role model, mentor, and teacher.
Devi Thaker , University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Epiphany House / Isaiah Wellness Center: Introduced social activities pertinent to health, improved medication adherence among the elderly residents, and trained housing staff to identify medication-related issues.
Hung C. Tran , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hopkins/Dunbar Mentoring Program: Prepared youth for college admission through SAT tutoring, math tutoring courses, and compiling “user friendly” reading material and resources.
Maggie Vaughn , Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Lillian Wald Community Nursing Center: Worked with immigrants to improve access to health services as well as the quality of services provided to them.
2000-2001
Rachel Bluebond-Langer, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Maternity Center East: Worked with Pregnant Partners Program at a center for pregnant teens.
Amy Costello,University of Maryland School of Social Work
Julie Community Center: Created a summer extension program with 8-14 year olds at the community center.
Marissa Fankhanel, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
JHH Home Hospice Program: Worked with terminally ill patients at the hospice.
Ann Gaddy,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Julie Community Center : Worked with pre-teen girls at the community center.
Christiani Guerrero , Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
The House of Ruth: Developed a wellness program for domestic violence victims.
Richard Kimball,Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
St. Bernadine Elementary School: Worked on immunization tracking with youth.
Shetal Patel, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dunbar Middle School : Provided alcohol and drug education for the youth at this school.
Kavita Pillay,Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound: Worked with youth through the Outward Bound Program.
Pritesh Shah,University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Weinberg Community Center : Increased breast cancer awareness for women ages 16-45.
Lucy Shum,University of Maryland School of Law
On Our Own & MD Disability Law Center: Worked with psychiatric adults.
Ann Tseng,University of Maryland School of Medicine
St. Jerome's Head Start: Increased lead poisoning awareness among elementary students with the Students Sharing Coalition.
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