Research Facilitator
Current
I work with Michigan Youth Health training program, to mentor underrepresented high school students in the southeast Michigan area with CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) and mixed methods research, to engage youth in STEM related opportunities and career research. I, along with other research facilitators, design activities to engage students in learning and conducting their own health related research. Students are tasked with working with facilitators to design their own research… Show more I work with Michigan Youth Health training program, to mentor underrepresented high school students in the southeast Michigan area with CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) and mixed methods research, to engage youth in STEM related opportunities and career research. I, along with other research facilitators, design activities to engage students in learning and conducting their own health related research. Students are tasked with working with facilitators to design their own research question, and create survey questions that will be sent out via the nationwide texting poll service for youth ages 14-24, MYVoice. With my peers and student researchers, we analyze this qualitative data to provide a greater understanding of youth needs, and present these findings to legislators to enact change in policy. I also work with the MYHealth team, to study and recognize the impact of student research in STEM related fields, for teens, known as YPAR (Youth Participatory Action Research) Show less