Executive Team

Paula Smith, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
Paula.smith@utah.edu
Mentors

Steven A. Bell, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, PRT & Occupational & Rec Therapy

Laurence Parker
Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy

Martell Tesley, Ph.D
Dean, College of Social Work

Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
Assistant Professor, Organic Chemistry

Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD
Chief, Division of Family and Prevention Medicine

William A. Smith, Ph.D
Professor, Education, Culture, & Society

Kamisha L. Johnson-Davis Ph.D
Associate Professor, Dept of Pathology; Medical Director for Toxicology

Clifton G. Sanders, Ph.D
Provost, Salt Lake Community College

Paul H. White, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Psychology

Paula Smith, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Educational, Leadership & Policy

Roderic Land, Ph.D
Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Salt Lake Community College

Tiana Rogers, Ph.D
Program Manager for Sorenson Impact

Richard Ferguson, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician

Charles R. Rogers, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Division of Public Health; Associate Member, Huntsman Cancer Institute; Director, Men’s Health Inequities Research Lab

Ariel Blair, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Eccles School of Business
Mentees

Eliot Sykes
Education Culture & Society

Colin Adamo
Clinical Psycology

Ugo Nze
Mechanical Engineering

Nkenna Onwuzuruoha
College of Humanites

Uchenna Ogbonnaya
Environmental and Occupational Health

Charnell Peters
College of Humanities

Jared Poole
College of Business

Jessica McCombs
College of Pharmacy

Amir Lueth
Clinical and Translational Epidemiology

Patrice Hicks
Population Health

Adam Hine
School of Dentistry

Amber Stargell
College of Law

Chideraa Nwachukwu
Chemistry

Gilnou Pamphile
Pharmacy (PharmD)

Teshia Griswold-Koffi
College of Education

Tramaine Jones
College of Education

Christopher Barnes
Rehabilitation Sciences

Michaela Mozley
Clinical Psychology

Joshua O. Okafor
Chemistry
Lulu Olaniya
College of Humanities