ending-homelessness-in-birmingham

Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Studies Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences UAB School of Health Professions Ramaraju Rudraraju, Ph.D.. Assistant Professor, Departmen

Ending Homelessness in Birmingham by 2031

Principal Investigators:

Wei Li, M.D., Ph.D Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences UAB School of

Health Professions Ramaraju Rudraraju, Ph.D Assistant Professor,

Department of Surgery UAB School of Medicine

Brandon L Wolfe, Ph.D Assistant Vice President, Campus &

Community Engagement UAB Office of the Vice President for

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Current Grand Challenge Team

First Name Last Name Department

Jarralynne Agee City of Birmingham Celine Atkins Graduate Student/ ODEI

Latoya Bishop Birmingham National

Pan-Hellenic Council Deborah Blaylock Faith Chapel

Calvin Briggs Lawson State Community

College Samantha Briggs GEAR UP Alabama

(Multicultural Affairs) Bettina Byrd-Giles The Bethesda Life Center Mary Carroll Asst Professor Field

Education (Social Work) Chris Carter Mineral District Medical

Society Rama Kiran Chavali School of Dentistry

Craig Collum Kirklin Institute for

Research in Surgical Outcomes, Department of Surgery

Venkatesh Ekambaram Sai Ashraya

Justin Goebel CDS - Physician Assistant

Studies Denise Gregory Samford

University Diversity and Intercultural Initiatives

Khaula Hadeed Council on American

Islamic Relations -Alabama Srinivasan Hariharan Bhawan Cybertek

Chris Hatcher City of

Birmingham-Department of Planning, Engineering and Permits

Roberto Hernandez Dept of Foreign Languages

and Literatures Damita Hill Jeff State Community

College Joydan Jones Graduate Student/ ODEI Chakravarthi K Alabama Power (Retd.) Srikanth Karra Jefferson County

Kacey Keith Mayor Woodfin's Social

Justice Committee Tina Kempin-Reuter Human Rights Institute Stefan G Kertesz School of Medicine, VA

Foundation Jason Kirby Civil, Construction &

Environmental Engineering Emily Bess Levitan Epidemeology, School of

Public Health

Studies Karthikeyan Lingasubramanian School of Engineering Michael Lipscomb School of Engineering Herman Lumzy Community Resources City

of Birmingham

Administration

Eric Mckendall SESCO Lighting, Inc

Kathryn Morgan College of Arts and

Sciences, African American Studies

Vel Pathmanathan Norshield Security

Products, LLC (Retd.) Tamika Pilgrom School of Health

Professions Annette Reynolds Manitou Cave of Alabama Richard Rice Mayor Woodfin Social

Justice Committee Michelle Robinson School of Dentistry/

Informatics Institute Paulette Roby Civil Rights Activist

Committee Isabel Rubio Hispanic Interest Coalition

of Alabama Ramaraju Rudraraju School of Medicine

-Surgery Jennifer Sanders Beloved Community

Church Isabel Scarinci Minority Health Research

Center Dhiraj Sharma Regions Financial

Monita Singh School of Medicine

Jared Sluss South Highland outreach

Project, School of Public Health

Celida Soto Minority Health Research

Center Kathryn Strickland Community Food Bank of

Central Alabama Gordon Sullivan One Roof (Organization to

End Homelessness) Deborah Thedford-Zimmerman Birmingham Black Nurses

Association Nick Timkovich Kirklin Institute for

Research in Surgical Outcomes, Department of Surgery

Greg Townsend Jefferson County

Department of Health Jessica Valles Graduate Student/ ODEI Brandon Wolfe Office of Diversity, Equity

& Inclusion Neena Xavier PA Program-Firehouse

Wellness Clinic Rongbing Xie Kirklin Institute for

Research in Surgical Outcomes, Department of Surgery

of Arts and Sciences Stephanie Yates Regions Institute for

Financial Education Reginald Young School of Health

Professions Ferhat Zengul School of Health

Professions Monifa Gilford CDS - Physician Assistant

Studies

Targeted Potential Partners

Organizations Involved with

Homelessness

Secured

Alabama Associated General Contractors

Alexander Shunnarah

American Concrete

Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith

Beloved Community Church Yes Birmingham National Pan-Hellenic Council Yes Birmingham Southern (Multicultural

Bluff Park United Methodist Church

Bradley Arant

Brookwood Baptist Church

Bulter Snow LLP

Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal

Campbell Wealth Management, LLC

Church of the Highlands

City of Birmingham - Mayor Woodfin

Social Justice Committee Yes City of Birmingham-Department of

Planning, Engineering and Permits Yes Cobbs, Allen and Hall

Community Food Bank of Central

Community Resources City of Birmingham

Council on American Islamic Relations -Alabama Dunn Constructions

Firehouse Shelter Yes First Light

Gardendale Mt Vernon Church

GEAR UP Alabama

Grandview Medical

Hillcrest Behavior Health

Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama

Holy Trinity Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral Human Rights Institute Yes Iberbia Bank

Jefferson County Department of Health Yes Jefferson State Community College Yes Jimmy Hale Mission

Lawson State Community College Yes Lutheran Church of Vestavia Hills

Medical Properties Trust

Miles College

Mineral District Medical Society Yes

Mt Zion Church

Protective Life

Regions Bank

Regions Bank Institute for Financial

Renasant Bank

Salvation Army

Samford University - School of Pharmacy Samford University Diversity and

Intercultural Initiatives Yes Shades Valley Presbyterian Church

St Paul's Cathedral

The Bethesda Life Center Yes Trinity UMC

UAB Civil, Construction &

Environmental Engineering Yes UAB College of Arts and Sciences,

African American Studies Yes UAB Dept of Foreign Languages and Literatures UAB Dept of Political Science and Public

UAB Health Services Administration

UAB Minority Health Research Center Yes UAB School of Dentistry/ Informatics

UAB School of Education Yes UAB School of Health Professions (PA,

UAB School of Public Health -

UAB School of Social Work Yes UAB Service Learning Yes Urban Impact, Inc Yes White Arnold Dowd