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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

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Dana L Thomas, MPH (she/her)
Director
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Marlanna Landeros, MSW (she/her)
Assistant Director
 Terrill Bravender, MD

Terrill Bravender Jr., MD, MPH (he/him)
Medical Director
David S Rosen M.D.
Collegiate Professor of Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Section Head
Adolescent Medicine
Associate Chair
Department of Pediatrics

Team Members

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Lauren Vasquez, MS, CHES (she/ella)
Senior Program Specialist
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Aubrey Huff, MPA (she/her)
Training & Outreach Program Manager
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Janna Safran, MPH (she/her)
Program Manager
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Iman Saleem, MPH (she/her)
Program Specialist – Youth Engagement and REACH Co-Facilitator
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Scott Mooney, MA (he/him)
Marketing & Communications Specialist
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Isabelle Birt, MPH (she/her)
Training & Outreach Coordinator
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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
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Jordan Bell (she/her)
Youth Engagement Assistant
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Jacyn Bamis (she/her)
MSW Student Intern

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.

Anthony Betori, MPH
Director, Health Equity
YWCA San Antonio

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
Michigan Medicine

Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan School of Nursing

J.R. Chester
Senior Director, Training & Technical Assistance
Healthy Futures of Texas

Mava Cooper, MPH, PYDT, YDST
Project Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Health Centers (CAHC) Clinical Model
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Mona Desai, MPH
Senior Health Services and Behavioral Research Manager, Training, Research, and Community Engagement (TRC) Program
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Sharon Kileny, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Michigan Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Elizabeth Kuzma, DNP, RN, FNP-BC
AGNP and FNP (Co) Program Lead
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Nursing

Mia Humphreys Pozo, MSW
Program Manager, Training, Research, and Community Engagement (TRC) Program
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California

Asari Offiong, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Health Equity
University of Michigan School of Public Health

Alfreda Rooks, MPA 
Director
Community Health Services, Michigan Medicine

Vijay Singh, MD, MPH, MS
Clinical Lecturer
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine