The Hampton Roads Community Collaborative

Another initiative is the Hampton Roads Community Collaborative, which builds trust and promotes transparency by giving the community the chance to offer feedback and offer guidance about activities at Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, particularly those that affect  vulnerable or under-resourced communities.

Internal Collaborative

CIHE’s Internal Collaborative develops structure and processes required to ensure activities at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University address stated community needs and reflect institutional goals and values.

The group also provides institutional feedback on the Hampton Roads Community Collaborative and shares input on support for community engagement efforts offered across Brock Virginia Health Sciences (e.g., infrastructure and programmatic support). The Internal Collaborative also takes up other issues related to community, inclusion and health equity.

• Paul F. Aravich, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology & Anatomy
• Robert C. Bernstein, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
• Bruce Britton, MD, Professor, Family & Community Medicine
• Joshua F. Edwards, M.P.H., Director, Medical Student Research
• Jane Elyce F. Glasgow, Ph.D., Executive Director of Minus 9 to 5 and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
• Matthew C. Herman, M.P.H., CHES,Associate Director for the M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community & Global Health
• Tanya K. Kearney, Ph.D., MPA, Director of HIV/AIDS Resource Center
• David C. Lieb, MD, Professor, Endocrinology & Diabetes
• Julius O. Nyalwidhe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Cell Biology
• Henri Parson Patten, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
• Amy C. Paulson, M.P.H., Director of Consortium for Infant & Child Health
• James C. Rapley III, MD is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Brynn E. Sheehan, Ph.D., Director of Research and Infrastructure Service Enterprise
• Brett J. Sierra, D.H.Sc., M.P.H., Assistant professor in Public Health
• Alena Stewart, MD, Assistant Director for Community-Engaged Learning, Strategic Planning-Service Learning
• Mary A. Westbrook, Director of Marketing & Communications
• Glenn A. Yap, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S., Assistant Professor, Public Health
• Newzaira Khan, LCSW, Community Engagement Specialist for the CIHE initiative     

Leadership Committee

CIHE’s Leadership Committee provides oversight and guidance of initiative. Committee members also disseminate information to the campus and external community.

• Executive Vice President, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University - Alfred Abuhamad, MD
• Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Brant M. Cox, MBA
• Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications - Vincent Rhodes, PhD, APR
• Vice Dean for Academic Affairs - Ronald Flenner, MD
• Senior Associate Vice President of Research - Milton Brown, MD, PhD, FNAI
• Associate Dean for Administration, School of Health Professions - Brian Martin, PhD, MBA
• Associate Dean for Clinical Research - Elias S. Siraj, MD, Dr. Med, FACP, FACE
• Director of Community Engaged Learning - Maryanne Gathambo, MPH
• Director of Community Health and Research - Kelli England, PhD
• Director of Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center - O. John Semmes, PhD
• Director of M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health - Cynthia Romero, MD
• Associate Vice President for Human Resources - Matthew Schenk