Nia Evans, MPH

Nia Evans, MPH
Nia Evans, MPH

Instructor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

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Nia Evans, MPH, received her undergraduate degree at 成人头条 University and graduated from the Lee Honors College. She completed her Master's in Public Health degree from 成人头条 as well. Nia began her career in public health as a research coordinator of the Population Health research team at 成人头条 Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine and the co-coordinator of the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review for Kalamazoo County. She was also chosen to be the co-chair of the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention's Health Equity Learning Collaborative. From there, she was promoted to Research Manager for the research team. She was also elected to be the Co-chair of the Cradle Kalamazoo Governance Board. Nia continues to gain experience within the public health field with a focus on fatality review, antiracism health equity, systems change, and collective impact.

  • Education and Training
    • MPH 2020, 成人头条 University
    • BS 2017, 成人头条 University

  • Research
    • collective impact
    • Systems Thinking
    • Maternal and Child Health Public Health
    • Health Equity

  • Presentations
    • Breaking Down Bias Through Family Voice. N. Evans, T. Wright, M. Schombs, F. Ospina, V. Patil, R. Butters, C. Bane, S. Fales, D. Klaur, A. Nelson, J. Dixon, C. Kothari, Enhancing Equity in Fatality Review Together Conference, New Orleans, LA, 06/2024
    • Lessons learned developing innovative care coordination of maternal-infant home visitation programs. R. Butters, V. Patil, N. Evans, F. Opsina, C. Bane, J. Dixon, C. Kothari, Accelerating Health Equity Conference, Kansas City, MO, 05/2024
    • Brave Enough to Evolve Strategies: Lessons in Systems Change from Cradle Kalamazoo. G. Airey, D. Lee, N. Evans, C. Dickson, Collective Impact Action Summit, virtual, virtual, 05/2024
    • , Cradle Kalamazoo: A Review of a Decade of Community Research to Reduce Black Infant Mortality in Kalamazoo. R. Butters, A. Wewer, F. Ospina, O. Hunter, V. Patil, N. Evans, C. Bane, C. Kothari, 成人头条 University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Research Day, Kalamazoo, MI, 04/2024
    • The Impact of Family Interviews on Fetal Infant Mortality Recommendations. V. Patil, F. Ospina, R. Butters, N. Evans, C. Bane, C. Kothari, 成人头条 University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Research Day, Kalamazoo, MI, 04/2024
    • Exposing failures in prenatal home visitation referral process for pregnant persons. V. Patil, N. Evans, F. Ospina, R. Butters, C. Bane, C. Kothari, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 11/2023
    • Tracking a largescale community initiative, Cradle Kalamazoo, Across phases, and leadership changes. D. Wagner, L. Patrick, S. West, H. Berger, V. Patil, N. Evans, O. Bello, K. Clark, K. Razvi, K. Corbit, C. Kothari, 成人头条 University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Research Day, Kalamazoo, MI, 05/2023
    • Assessing the health of a community collaborative: Cradle Kalamazoo Social Network Analysis. S. West, H. Berger, D. Wagner, L. Patrick, V. Patil, N. Evans, O. Bello, K. Clark, K. Razvi, K. Corbit, C. Kothari, 成人头条 University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Research Day, Kalamazoo, MI, 05/2023
    • Cradle Overview. C. Kothari, J. Dixon, N. Evans, 成人头条 University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Health Equity Summit, Kalamazoo, MI, 06/2022
    • Race, Multiraciality, income and infant mortality: Markers of Racial Equity. C. Kothari, K. Corbit, J. Dixon, D. Lenz, B. O芒聙聶Rourke, T. Bautista, N. Evans, M. Coleman, 成人头条 University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Research Day, Kalamazoo, MI, 04/2022