Research Team

Leadership

Jennifer E. Johnson

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

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

Celeste Sanchez-Lloyd, MA 

Flint Community Based Organization Partners (CBOP)

Sharon Saddler 

Flint Innovation Solutions

Athena McKay, MSA 

Henry Ford Health

Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS 

Jaye Clement, MPH, MPP 

Amy Loree, PhD 

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

Robert Sokol, MD 

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.