Leadership
Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD
She/Her
S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health
Professor of OBGYN
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Cris Meghea, PhD
He/Him
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
Director and Co-Founder of the Advancing Maternal Health Equity Lab
Peggy Vander Meulen,
MSN, RN
She/Her
Program Director of Strong Beginnings
Center Investigators
Center Administrative and Data Core
- Taniah Ingram
- Malak Ismail, MPH
- Simran Kaur Dhaliwal, MS
- Jonné McCoy White, DrPH, MPA
- Ran Meng, MS
- Hannah Nelson, MPH
- Olivia Ogilvie
- Jennifer Raffo, MA
- Ally Rooker, MPH
- Jessie Spencer Heiligenthal
- Elizabeth Vickers, MPH
Collaborating Scholars
Corewell Health
Flint Community Based Organization Partners (CBOP)
Flint Innovation Solutions
Henry Ford Health
Michigan State University
- Steve Ondersma, PhD
- Claire Margerison, PhD
- Lee Anne Roman, PhD
- Kent Key, PhD, MPH
- Alla Sikorskii, PhD
- Jim Dearing, PhD
- Rick Leach, MD
- Hannah Bolder, PhD
- Xiao Yu, PhD
Wayne State University
The Center and every core have both academic and community PIs.
Community Partners
Community and health partners in Michigan and nationally include the Flint Community Based Organization Partners (CBOP), Hurley Medical
Center, Munson Healthcare, MyMichigan Health, MDHHS, MiCHWA - Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance, AIM CCI - Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health—Community Care Initiative, and others.
The MIRACLE Center would like to pay tribute to Dr. E. Hill De Loney, to our beloved matriarch, elder, sister, mentor, and friend, who passed away on May 9, 2024. She pioneered the field of community-based participatory research and shaped the foundation of MSU’s community-partnered work.
