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Kelli Russell

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  • Kelli Russell is a Teaching Assistant Professor and current BS Public Health Program Director for the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University (ECU). Ms. Russell earned her BS in Community Health and Master of Public Health from ECU. She began her career working in HIV education before moving into the Health Education Supervisor role at a local health department. Shortly after, the Health Education division assumed the duties of emergency preparedness planning and Kelli promoted to Human Services Planner overseeing health education, promotion, and emergency preparedness. In this role, her major responsibilities included all hazard response planning, serving as public information officer, dissemination and execution of the Strategic National Stockpile in response to H1N1, implementation of protocol for several natural disasters including Hurricane's Irene and Matthew, and conducting multiple Community Health Needs Assessments. After a decade of service in the field, Kelli transitioned to ECU where she has taught eight different courses, served as advisor and mentor, and served on a variety of committees. Additionally, Ms. Russell has served on the Chancellor's Committee for the Status of Women and Co-Chair of the student organization Preconception Educating Pirates. In 2018 Ms. Russell assumed the role of Program Director and began serving as liaison among faculty and students, maintaining program records, initiating curriculum changes and advocating for the educational needs of BS Public Health students and prospective majors. In Spring of 2020, Ms. Russell was asked to serve ECU in a unique role: COVID Contact Tracing Coordinator. Major responsibilities have included coordination, direction, and management of over 90 individuals performing tracing on the University's behalf while working with various units to protect the health and safety of our campus and beyond. Kelli is the 2021 ECU College of Health and Human Performance Outstanding Professional Service Award recipient, a member of ECU's Forty Under 40, UNC Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor for Teaching nominee, and has received the ECU Creed Award alongside the Ray Martinez Teaching Excellence Award. Ms. Russell takes pride in her efforts to establish and maintain ten designated lactation spaces and multiuse breast pumps on ECU's campus serving employees, students, and visitors.

professional service activities

  • CEPH Work Group Review and revise CEPH self-study to make recommendations to board for next edition. 2022 - 2024
  • CEPH's Standalone Baccalaureate Programs (SBP) Criteria Revision Working Group Working with board onrevisions to upcoming accrediation requirements. Monthly meetings, breakout work, and committee review. 2022 - 2024
  • BS Public Health Program Three quest lectures in Fall 2023 semester: 8/24/23 HLTH 4880; 9/1/23 - 2 sections of HLTH 2000. 2023
  • NC SOPHE Secretary Executive Committee member; secretary 2022 - 2023
  • MCH STEP Program Manager 2021 - 2023
  • HHP Prevention Science Initiative Maternal and child health (MCH) focuses on health issues concerning women, birthing people, children, and families, such as reproductive health, access to prenatal and well-childcare, quality of care before delivery and after giving birth, infant and maternal mortality prevention, newborn screening, child immunizations, child nutrition and services, and services for children with special healthcare needs.Our goal is to increase awareness of MCH issues and to demonstrate the chasm in access to maternal and child healthcare in the US. This chasm results in persistent health inequities among women, birthing people, children, and their families from rural, historically marginalized racial/ethnic groups, and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. 2022
  • Creed Award Keynote Speaker Keynote speaker for 2022 ceremony. 2021
  • Poster Presentation Acceptance for 16th annual Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance Conference. Poster session highlighting ECU's succeses with implementation of the nine lactation rooms. 2017
  • PreProfessional Advising Committee Health Professions Interviews 5/22/18 1 interview; 5/24/18 2 interviews; 7/26/18 2 interviews and one medical school letter written (A.C.O. - dental) with follow up interview 2017
  • HLTH 3000 workbook For use with ;HLTH 3000 Students. ; Created by Kelli Russell, in use by Molly Robinson. 2017
  • HLTH 4605 2nd edition workbook For use with ;~175 HLTH 4605 students ; (fall and spring semesters) - aids in supplying funds for professionalism luncheon. 2017
  • Prehealth Professions Committee Conduct interviews of those seeking higher degrees, write letters on behalf of committee and conduct interview report outs to students. Three interviews conducted over spring 2017 with one letter written by Russell for committee. Letter 06/30/17 and phone call report out 07/17/17. 2016 - 2017
  • Speaking Engagement for She's The First Organization looking at women's rights and advocacy for those who are first generation college females. ; Kelli Russell spoke on 10/28/2017 regarding health in college age women. 2017
  • Dress To Impress Wellness Passport Event Partnership with Campus Wellness to host a Dress to Impress Workshop focuing on mental health, stress reduction and financial wellness for soon to be graduates. 2016

preferred title

  • Teaching Assistant Professor / BS Public Health Program Director