Jada Walker, MA, has been at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) for 6 years. She has a background in psychology and counseling as well as over 15 years of experience in health and public health research. At UNC-CH she supports interdisciplinary investigators and research leaders in pre-award proposal development and post-award project direction, coordination of reporting for large-scale projects or centers, and training of research support staff.Ms. Walker has a wealth of experience in complex program management of health-related research projects. In Arkansas, she completed a ten year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) – funded evaluation of the implementation of statewide legislation intended to combat childhood obesity through school and community efforts. She has also been coordinator of multifaceted programs for a Prevention Research Center (PRC), a statewide Tobacco Cessation Network, and the program and clinical factors of the Alabama Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). She managed the creation and establishment of a housing facility with supportive services for HIV+ adults with serious mental illnesses, and has served on advisory and review committees, as well as providing lectures and trainings on health research topics. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).