Center Staff

Our disciplinary backgrounds include applied behavioral science, community psychology, anthropology, education, law, child development, urban planning, and public health. Team members have experience addressing a variety of issues facing communities including health promotion, social determinants of health, substance abuse, education, child and youth development, rural health, child well-being, systems change, and neighborhood development in urban communities.

Our multi-generational team includes Ph.D-level researchers, professional staff, graduate students, and undergraduate interns. We learn through relationships with collaborative partners locally, nationally, and globally.

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Jerry A. Schultz, Ph.D.
  • Co-Director, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, KU Department of Preventive Medicine, the Department of Applied Behavioral Science
  • Co-Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, University of Kansas
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Jomella Watson-Thompson, Ph.D.
  • Associate Director for Community Participation and Research, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Applied Behavioral Science
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Stephen B. Fawcett, Ph.D.
  • Senior Advisor, Center for Community Health and Development
  • Co-Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre
  • Kansas Health Foundation Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Department of Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas