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Adolescent Health Initiative Team

The Adolescent Health Initiative is comprised of adolescent health experts from a variety of professional backgrounds. 

Our team is passionate about working with health care providers and systems to help them improve their care and better serve adolescents.
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Meet our Team
Team Leadership
 Smiling Black woman wearing glasses and a blue top Dana L Thomas, MPH (she/her)
Director
 Smiling Black woman wearing glasses, a print shirt and black with U-M Cube in the background Marlanna Landeros, MSW (she/her)
Assistant Director
 Terrill Bravender, MD Terrill Bravender Jr
David S Rosen M.D. Collegiate Professor of Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Section Head, Adolescent Medicine and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Jamison, Cornelius Cornelius D Jamison
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Team Members
 Black woman eating ice cream cone with two little Black girls wearing pink dresses Lauren Vasquez, MS, CHES (she/ella)
Senior Program Specialist and Lead Facilitator of REACH, AHI's youth advisory council
 Young white woman with long brown hair parted on side, with mountains and pine trees in the background MavaMarie Cooper, MPH (she/her)
Program Specialist, REACH Co-Facilitator
 Young white woman with long blond hair, wearing blue v-neck top and standing with hands on hips Emily Rowland RN, MSc, PhD candidate (she/her)
Program Specialist – Evaluation
 Young white woman with blue eyes and long wavy hair pulled back at the forehead Aubrey Huff, MPA (she/her)
Marketing & Events Program Manager
 Young Black woman with red hair wearing large hoop earrings and black and white print blouse Iman Saleem, MPH (she/her)
Program Coordinator, Youth Engagement
 Young white man with reddish brown facial hair wearing navy blue jacket and gray crew neck shirt Scott Mooney, MA (he/him)
Marketing & Communications Specialist
 White woman with blond and brown hair wearing brown-framed glasses Ashley Vines (she/her)
Administrative Assistant Intermediate
 Miracle describes herself as brown skin, brown eyes, black hair, and glasses. She's wearing a black top and smiling at a table in a cafe with a drink in front of her. Miracle Brown (she/her)
Program Assistant
 Samreen describes herself as having light brown skin, dark brown eyes, and black hair. She's wearing a red top and smiling in front of a grey background. Samreen Khan (she/her)
Marketing Assistant
 Laura describers herself as having black skin, brown eyes, mid-length black hair, and a large forehead. She's smiling in front of a white wall. Laura Ohouochi (she/her)
Program Assistant
Professional Advisory Committee (PAC)

Members of the AHI Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) represent multidisciplinary professions and are committed to AHI’s mission of advancing innovative adolescent-centered health care through practice improvement, education, research, and youth and community engagement.

Vijay Singh, MD, MPH, MS
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine/and Internal Medicine

Terrill Bravender Jr, MD
David S Rosen M.D. Collegiate Professor of Adolescent Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Psychiatry
Section Head, Adolescent Medicine
Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Melissa Boguslawski, PhD, MPH
Program Manager
Project Healthy Schools
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Sharon Kileny, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Cindy Darling-Fisher, PhD, FNP
Clinical Assistant Professor Emerita
School of Nursing

Alfreda Rooks, MPA 
Director
Community Health Services

Elizabeth Kuzma, DNP, FNP-BC
AGNP and FNP (Co) Program Lead
Clinical Associate Professor

Adrian Rodriguez, MPH
Dissemination Manager, Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions