Center for Equity in Child and Youth Health and Wellbeing
mission
The mission of the Center for Equity in Child and Youth Health and Wellbeing is to advance the health and wellbeing of infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and their families, particularly those in underserved, under-resourced, and systematically disadvantaged communities locally and globally. The Center seeks to catalyze innovative ideas, strategies, and collaborations in research, practice, policy, and educational scholarship that support the next generation of scholars, clinicians and policy makers. The Center advances the values and principles of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and its institutional and community partners and our commitment to an equitable and evidence-based future for children, youth, and their families.
Center Co-Directors

Deborah Gross
Center Co-Director

Center Co-Director
Center Faculty by Areas of Expertise

Deborah Busch

JoAnne Silbert-Flagg

Cecília Tomori

Eliana Perrin

Kamila A. Alexander

Deborah Gross

Jessica Dean (JD) Murphy

Eliana Perrin


Shawna Mudd


Brigit VanGraafeiland

Kimberly McIltrot


Kelly M. Bower

Lucine Francis

Jessica Dean (JD) Murphy

Eliana Perrin

Deborah Gross

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos

Jennifer Peterson


Kristen Brown

Shawna Mudd

Jessica Dean (JD) Murphy

Jennifer Peterson

Deborah Busch

Kimberly McIltrot

Eliana Perrin



JoAnne Silbert-Flagg

Brigit VanGraafeiland

Kelly M. Bower

Deborah Busch

Ashley Gresh

Noelene Kimiko Jeffers


JoAnne Silbert-Flagg

Robert Atkins

Nancy Gentry Russell

Eliana Perrin

Jennifer Peterson


Kamila A. Alexander

Nancy Gentry Russell

Ashley Gresh

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos

Jessica Dean (JD) Murphy


Kamila A. Alexander

Robert Atkins

Kelly M. Bower

Deborah Gross

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos

Noelene Kimiko Jeffers

Eliana Perrin

Jennifer Peterson



Kamila A. Alexander

Deborah Gross
