Kelly Harris is a William T. Grant Scholar evaluating whether a technology-enabled platform that coordinates care across medical and educational settings improves academic and social outcomes for Black youth with asthma. Harris has mentored more than 25 people ranging from high school students to postdoctoral researchers; over 85% of these were from underrepresented backgrounds. Harris will use this award to pursue formal mentorship training, refine the mentoring ecosystem of her research lab, and develop skills to broker opportunities for her mentees. Harris’ mentee, Lindsay Spell, is a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. Spell’s goals include expanding her skills in quantitative analysis, implementation science, and community engaged research while building her professional network. Spell will support Harris’ Scholars project and an additional study that also explores ways improve academic and social outcomes for Black youth with asthma. With Harris’ guidance, Spell will quantitatively assess the usability and feasibility of a technology enabled school-based care coordination system and lead the secondary analysis of academic outcomes for students who have access to a program that provides stock asthma medication to Missouri schools. Spell will take the lead in manuscript development to build a stronger publication record in preparation for a tenure-track job search.
Harris will use this award to pursue formal mentorship training, refine the mentoring ecosystem of her research lab, and develop skills to broker opportunities for her mentees.
