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Carrie Leach

Carrie Leach

Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology; Co-Director of Community Engagement, CURES; Associate Center Director of Community Inclusion, CHECK-UP; Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Health

carrieleach@wayne.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Carrie Leach

Bio Sketch

Carrie Leach, PhD, MPA is a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute of Gerontology, Co-Director of Community Engagement at the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES), and Associate Center Director for Community Inclusion at the Center for Health Equity and Community Knowledge in Urban Populations (CHECK-UP) at Wayne State University. Dr. Leach has expertise in aging and health communication, communication disparities, community-engaged research, and community-based and aging services delivery and communication.

Community Engagement, Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors (CURES)

Center for Health Equity and Community Knowledge in Urban Populations (CHECK-UP)

Communicating and Disseminating Science

Research Project Title

Bridging the Divide: Fostering Partnerships for Urban African-American Aging Research

Research Project Link

https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2022/bridging-divide-fostering-partnerships-urban-african-american-aging-research

Projects

Communication & Technology Resources 

Bridging the Divide: Fostering Partnerships for Urban African-American Aging Research

Professional Associations

Gerontological Society of America
National Communication Association
American Public Health Association
American Society on Aging
Michigan Public Health Association

Publications

Indicates community expert co-author

Thompson, H., Kinney, T., Leach, C., Sass, A., Washington, A., Dailey, R., Towner, E., Beavers, A., Sneed, R., Solomon Edwards, K., Opara, I., Hampton, A., Cichon, Z., Rinky, A., & Khaldun, J. (2025). Use of rapid qualitative analysis (RQA) to support collaborative synergy within a community coalition for health equity in Detroit. Health Equity, 9(1), 87–99. https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2024.0160
 
Leach, C. & Jankowski, T. (2024). Older adults as key assets in a community-based participatory needs assessment: How partnering with older people improves local aging policy and practice. Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 10, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1177/23337214241234237 PMCID: PMC10949539
 
Leach, C., Novak, J., Jankowski, T., Pierce, S. & Lapan, P. (2023). An exploration of the communication dynamics of the hard-to-reach: Considering disintegration of a communication infrastructure in old age. International Journal of Communication, 17, 5781–5801. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21006/4323
 
Leach, C., Schulz, A. J., Schroeck, N., Lawrence, S., Sand, S., Williams, G., Bewaji, O. A., & Fuchs-Young, R. (2023). Multi-directional communication between decision makers and environmental health researchers: A qualitative inquiry. Environmental Hazards: Human & Policy Dimensions, 23(3), 225–240. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2023.2256727 PMCID: PMC11177721

Leach, C. (2023). In their own words: Dynamics that contribute to successful and sustained partnerships in CBPR with older people. Innovation in Aging, 7(Suppl1):85–86. [Abstract] https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.0276

Leach, C., Schroeck, N., Blessman, J., Rorai, V., Cooper-Sargent, M., Lichtenberg, P. & Trentacosta, C. (2022). Engaged communication of environmental health science: Processes and outcomes of urban academic-community partnerships. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 21, 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2021.1930609 PMCID: PMC9037758

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