Primary Investigators 

Leadership

Cris Meghea, PhD

He/Him
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
Director and Co-Founder of the Maternal Health Lab

Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD

She/Her
S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health
Professor of OBGYN
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Peggy VanderMeulen, MSN, RN

She/Her
Program Director of Strong Beginnings

Center Investigators

Corewell Health

Celeste Sanchez-Lloyd, MA 

Flint Community Based Organization Partners (CBOP)

E. Hill De Loney

Sharon Saddler 

Flint Innovation Solutions

Athena McKay, MSA 

Michigan State University

Hannah Bolder, PhD 

Jim Dearing, PhD 

Kent Key, PhD, MPH 

Rick Leach, MD 

Steve Ondersma, PhD 

Claire Margerison, PhD 

Lee Anne Roman, PhD, MSN, RN 

Alla Sikorskii, PhD 

Xiao Yu, PhD 

Henry Ford Health

Jaye Clement, MPH, MPP 

Amy Loree, PhD 

Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS 

University of North Carolina

Jaime Slaughter-Acey, PhD

Wayne State University

Robert Sokol, MD 

Center Administrative and Data Core

Mary Katherine Crawford, MPH

Simran Kaur Dhaliwal, MS

Malak Ismail, MPH

Jonné McCoy White, DrPH, MPA

Ran Meng, MS

Hannah Nelson, MPH

Jennifer Raffo, MA

Elizabeth Vickers, MPH

Center Collaborating Scholars

Rosemary Adaji, PhD

Samantha Gailey, PhD

Danielle Gartner, PhD

Stephanie Hall, PhD

Sydney Kelpin, PhD

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.