SPHHS Teams Receive 2026-27 Mutual Mentoring Team Grants

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The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) has announced that 15 grants have been awarded to faculty members and librarians leading mutual mentoring projects in 2026-27, including three teams featuring SPHHS faculty members.

OFD’s Mutual Mentoring Grant Program aims to help faculty and librarians develop and deepen their mentoring networks and community and to grow as researchers, teachers and leaders in their fields. This year’s cohort involves faculty from a variety of career stages and from all parts of campus, including nine colleges, schools and units.

“The team at OFD is so excited to award this year’s grants to our impressive and collaborative faculty and librarian colleagues across campus,” says Angela de Oliveira, associate provost for faculty development. “We know that mutual mentoring has been a huge benefit to this campus in helping individuals and communities build their career success, and we are elated to support another dedicated group of people to bring their ideas to life.”

The three teams which include SPHHS faculty are:

Beyond the Silo: Building Community for NTT Teaching Faculty in SPHHS

Team: Megan Patton-Lopez (nutrition and public health sciences), Elizabeth Martin (speech, language, and hearing sciences), Ann-Marie Sylvia (epidemiology and public health sciences), Lorie Woodson (kinesiology).

Community-Engaged Scholars Mutual Mentoring Network (CES-MMN)

Team: Keisha Green (teacher education & curriculum studies), Lucinda Canty (nursing), Isabel Espinal (University libraries), Maria Galano (psychological and brain sciences), Adam Grabell (psychological and brain sciences), Megan Gross (speech, language, and hearing sciences), Joseph Krupczynski (architecture), Shannon Roberts Henry (mechanical and industrial engineering), Risa Silverman (public health and health sciences), Lisa Troy (nutrition).

Working Group on Carceral State Research

Team: Angela LaScala-Gruenewald (legal studies), John Clegg (economics), Kate Jaffe (health promotion and policy), Kelsey Shoub (public policy).

For the complete list of awardees – including 11 team grant recipients and four micro grant recipients, visit the OFD website and the Mutual Mentoring Grants Projects webpage.

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