The PATIENTS Program

11/13/2025

In this episode of The Bridge: Your Health, Your Voice, host Paris Barnes sits down with Joe Howarth, Lead Training Specialist for the PATIENTS Professors Academy (PPA), and Peyton Miles, a young health advocate and a 2025 PPA graduate.

Together, they explore how the Academy empowers patients, caregivers, community members, and researchers to co-create solutions that make health research more inclusive and community-led.

Peyton shares a powerful personal story about her own health journey, discussing how she discovered advocacy and the lessons she learned about the importance of trust and community connection.

The episode also offers a preview of what’s next for the Academy’s fifth year—including new interactive tools and networking opportunities.

Whether you’re a patient, researcher, or community advocate, this conversation is a reminder that meaningful research starts with listening—and that everyone has a role to play in shaping a more connected and compassionate healthcare community.

Here’s the link to register to receive an application for our upcoming Summer 2026 Academy: https://umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_86xa4SPlIqJ59D8

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11/12/2025

Screening for Turkeys event will be held on Thursday, November 25, from 10-4 at St. Matthew's Community Long-Term Outreach Center at 3003 North Avenue in Baltimore. Get a COVID-19 booster, flu shot, and more. Health screenings will be available. For more information, contact Barbarajean (Bj) Robinson-Shaneman at 410-948-4646.

11/11/2025

10/29/2025

We’re thrilled to celebrate three incredible years of The Bridge: Your Health, Your Voice! 🎂🎉

It’s been a fantastic journey sharing stories, insights, and conversations that empower communities to take charge of their health and their voice.

❤ A heartfelt thank you to all our subscribers, listeners, viewers, and guests — you’ve made every episode meaningful and memorable.

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10/28/2025

❓Are you a who would like live feedback on your proposal from leaders in the community?
Faculty researchers seeking feedback on grant proposals or active projects can apply to meet with the Community Think Tank on Research.
Take part in the next Community Think Tank on Research on
📆Tuesday, November 25
⏰ at 3 p.m.
✍️The deadline to register is November 12.
The application has just 12 questions. If accepted, five community leaders will advise on better ways to engage and .
The Community Think Tank on Research serves as a community-academic paradigm-shifting process in research.
👀Check out the video below to learn more.
Use this link to access the application to enter the Community Think Tank on Research: https://forms.office.com/r/xudaAMCuaB
If you have any urgent questions, you can contact Andrelle Mathelier: amathelier@rx.umaryland.edu

10/22/2025

Congratulations to Kyla Liggett-Creel, PhD, LCSW-C, who is a Founders Week Award winner, as she has been recognized as the Public Servant of the Year by the University of Maryland, Baltimore! We enjoyed having her as a guest on our podcast last year to hear about her work as the executive director of the EMBRACE Initiative, which aims to build a safe, just, and equitable world.

Read more about her award and work: https://elm.umaryland.edu/elm-stories/2025/Founders-Week-2025-Public-Servant-of-the-Year-Kyla-Liggett-Creel-PhD-LCSW-C.php

Check out the full podcast episode about EMBRACE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT6_VZYxdEM&list=PLf5TFMW2PWhKdIEaP2F9xN213vrkTrv9_&index=41

The executive director of UMB’s EMBRACE Initiative has made a significant impact in Baltimore by assuring that those affected by trauma and systemic inequities are invited to be part of the solution.

10/21/2025

10/16/2025

In this episode, we talk with Seantae Jackson, one of our partners and the co-founder of the Sandal Blue Foundation. After a devastating high-speed accident nearly claimed their lives, Seantae and Trevor Jackson chose a path of resilience and hope.

❤️Out of their journey, the Sandal Blue Foundation was born—a mission to uplift, heal, and inspire others facing life’s hardest battles.

❤️Seantae shares her deeply personal story of survival, the turning points that reshaped her family’s future, and how the foundation is making a powerful impact in communities today.

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10/07/2025

In our latest podcast episode, guest Dr. Clauda Baquet discusses informed consent and why it is crucial that the results of a research study are shared with the community and the participants themselves.

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10/02/2025

❓Are you a who would like live feedback on your proposal from leaders in the community?
Faculty researchers seeking feedback on grant proposals or active projects can apply to meet with the Community Think Tank on Research.
Take part in the next Community Think Tank on Research on
📆Tuesday, October 28
⏰ at 3 p.m.
✍️The deadline to register is October 15.
The application has just 12 questions. If accepted, five community leaders will advise on better ways to engage and .
The Community Think Tank on Research serves as a community-academic paradigm-shifting process in research.
👀Check out the video below to learn more.
Use this link to access the application to enter the Community Think Tank on Research: https://forms.office.com/r/xudaAMCuaB
If you have any urgent questions, you can contact Andrelle Mathelier: amathelier@rx.umaryland.edu

09/10/2025

On our latest podcast episode, we introduce our new national community partners through the PATIENTS Going National Initiative:

✅Seantae and Trevor Jackson, founders of the Sandal Blue Foundation
✅Delayna Watkins, founder of the Women's Wellness Lounge
✅Anna and Jordan Rathkopf, breast cancer advocates and nationally renowned photographers and visual storytellers through The Rathkopfs
✅Brian Guiterrez, patient advocate for the spinal bifida, colorectal cancer, and disability communities
✅Sharon Rivera Sanchez, founder of Trials of Color

👀Watch the full episode to learn more about their work and how they plan to partner with us: https://youtu.be/dz9y_hK6pgw
👂Listen to the full episode: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/qiyS88AwwWb

Thank you to Bayer, AstraZeneca, and Novo Nordisk for their support of this initiative.