Associate Professor
University of Southern Mississippi
Department of Public Health
118 College Dr
Hattiesburg,
MS
USA
39406
charkarra.andersonlewis@usm.edu
Biographical Sketch:
August 2015-present Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Public Health, College of Health, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
August 2015-present Associate Professor Courtesy Appointment Department of Health Education & Behavior, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
July 2013-August 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education & Behavior, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
2011- June 2013 Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Health, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
August 2015-present Community Engagement, Digital Health and Health Equity Research Team
Department of Public Health at the University of Southern Mississippi
2014-present Digital Health and Health Equity (DHHE) Research Team
Department of Health Education & Behavior at University of Florida
2013-2014 Health Promotion Fund
Department of Health Education & Behavior at University of Florida
Community-Based Participatory Research to Assess the Feasibility, Acceptability and Best Practices for Mobile Health (mHealth) and the Use of mHealth by Community Health Advisors to deliver Health and Wellness Interventions to Decrease Health Disparities in Historically Underserved Health Consumers
2013-2014 Reducing the Negative Impact of Tobacco on Youth and Young Adults through Video Games, Gaming and Gamification
2008-2013 R-24 Healthy You Begins with Steps (H.U.B. City Steps)
National Institutes of Health
A community-based participatory walking intervention designed to lower blood pressure for African Americans in a southern Mississippi community.