Alexis Grant
Recent Alumna
Community Health Sciences
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About
Alexis Grant is a 4th year, PhD candidate in Community Health Sciences at the UIC School of Public Health. She is a student, researcher, teacher, and organizer, and these paths cross often through her various roles at UIC. She works as a community engagement fellow for the Collaboratory for Health Justice, as she enjoys creating best practice materials for community-engaged research. She describes her research interests as "meta-public health" and is interested in the processes of cross-sector collaboration in the public health system, particularly for multi-level community interventions. She is also passionate about building evidence and resources for community-led health interventions. Alexis holds a master’s degree in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences from Brown University and bachelors degrees in English and Psychology from Howard University. After she completes her degree at UIC she plans to become a professor and continue her research, teaching, and advocacy.
Selected Publications
Grant, A., Felner, J., Castañeda, Y., Pratap, P., & Hebert-Beirne, J. Leveraging Key Informant Interviews to Inform Intervention Development: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project. Submitted to Progress in Community Health Partnerships.
Forst, L., Grant, A., & Hebert‐Beirne, J. (2020). Work as a social determinant of health; a landscape assessment of employers in two historically disinvested urban communities. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 63(11), 1038-1046.
Lofton, S. and Grant, A. (2020). Outcomes and Intentionality of Action Planning in Photovoice: A Literature Review. Health Promotion Practice, 1524839920957427.
Grant, A. (2020). Patterns of Local Health Departments’ Cross-Sector Collaborations: A Cluster Analysis. Health Promotion and Practice, 1524839920972982.
Service to Community
President, Black Graduate Student Association, UIC, 11/2018-05/2021
Doctoral Student Representative, Committee on Educational Programs, UIC 09/2018-05/2019
Education
ScM, Brown University, 2018
BA in English, Howard University, 2016
BS in Psychology, Howard University, 2016
Professional Memberships
Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Stem (SACNAS)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
American Planning Association (APA)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
National Society of Leadership and Success
Phi Beta Kappa