Executive Team
Paula Smith, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
Paula.smith@utah.edu
JaTara Smith, MPA
Coordinator
Jatara.smith@utah.edu
Maureen Mathison, Ph.D
Writing Support
Maureen.mathison@utah.edu
Thandi Msiska
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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