2025 Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant Recipients

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Graduate Student – Community Grants

Program Development Project

1. Helping Hands: Boxing Injury Prevention and Health Promotion 

Student Partner: Samalya Thenuwara, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 
Community Partner: Liesje Gantert, Executive Director, Corner Team, Inc.

Faculty – Community Grants

Program Development Projects

1. Beyond the Next Meal: Data Collection Protocol Implementation for InstaGiving

Faculty Partner: Lauren Dayton, Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Community Partner: Bryant Randall, Co-Founder and CEO, InstaGiving

2. Community-Driven Food Systems Change through Land Acquisition in South Baltimore

Faculty Partner: Nicole Labruto, Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Community Partner: Eric Jackson, Co-Founder and Servant Director, Black Yield Institute

3. Join the CIRCLE: Community Initiatives for Resocialization, Cancer Prevention, and Living Well for Residents in South Baltimore

Faculty Partner: Kimiko Krieger, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Community Partner: Betty Bland-Thomas, President, Historic Sharp Leadenhall

4. Springboard Community Services-Youth Advisory Board Training

Faculty Partner: Andrea Young, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Community Partner: Elise Bowman, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Springboard Community Services (formerly, Family and Children’s Services)

Research Projects

1. Co-Creating an Implementation Strategy for Greenlight Plus in Baltimore City’s Early Head Start Programs

Faculty Partner: Lucine Francis, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Community Partner: Faith Miller, Early Head Start Centers, Maryland Family Network

2. Developing an Integrated Model of Care for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Opioid Misuse

Faculty Partner: Bushra Sabri; Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Community Partner: Lisa Nitsch, COO, House of Ruth