CHRIS M. COOMBE PHD MPH Curriculum Vitae · CHRIS M. COOMBE, PHD, MPH Curriculum Vitae Department of Health Behavior and Health Education University of Michigan School of Public Health

CHRIS M. COOMBE, PHD, MPH

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education

University of Michigan School of Public Health

1415 Washington Heights, Room 2786

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029

734-763-9236 • [email protected]

EDUCATION

2008-2010 Postdoctoral Scholar in Translational Research

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2007 Ph.D., Health Behavior & Health Education


2002-2005 Predoctoral Trainee in Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health

NIMH Training Program, Institute for Social Research


1996 M.P.H., Community Health Education

University of California at Berkeley

1973 B.A., Social Welfare with minor in Biology

Albright College, Reading, PA

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2010-present Assistant Research Scientist


School of Public Health University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2010, 2011 Lead Faculty

Health Disparities Research Summer Immersion Program

Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2007-2010 Research Associate

Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2010-2011 Interim Co-Director

2007 Scholar Selection Coordinator

Kellogg Health Scholars Program-Community Track

University of Michigan Training Site

mailto:[email protected]

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2009 Graduate Student Instructor

HBHED 651: Program Planning and Development in Health Education



Graduate Research Assistant

2005-2008 Healthy Environments Partnership

2001-2002 La VIDA Project, Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center


1997-2000 Field Program Supervisor/Lecturer

Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health

University of California, Berkeley, CA

1996-97 Adjunct Faculty

Department of Integral Health Education

California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA

OTHER RELEVANT POSITIONS

Consultant and Trainer in Evaluation, Program Planning,

Organization Development, and Fund Development

1980-2000 Private practice, Oakland, CA

1989-1991 Support Center for Nonprofit Management, San Francisco, CA

1995 Community Health Education Intern: Coalition Evaluation Framework

Community Wellness and Prevention Program

Contra Costa County Health Services Department, Pleasant Hill, CA

1991-1993 Development Director

Neighbor to Neighbor (single payer healthcare), San Francisco, CA

Developmental Studies Center (comprehensive schools systems change), San

Ramon, CA

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Active:

2016-2021 NIH/NINR R01

Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success (MAPS): Innovative Tools for

Assessing Intermediate and Long-term Effectiveness in Long-Standing

Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships.

Multiple PIs: Israel, LaChance, Brush

Role: Co-Investigator

Total Costs: $3,874,188

2014-2018 NIH/NIGMS R25 1 R25 GM111837-01

Community-Based Participatory Research: Enhancing Capacity to Use

Innovative Methodologies in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Multiple PIs: Coombe, Israel

Role: Principal Investigator


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2011-2021 NIH/NIEHS P30 1P30ES017885

Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease,

Community Outreach and Engagement Core (COEC)

PI: Loch-Caruso

Role: Participating Investigator, COEC Acting Lead (2014-2015)

Total Costs: $545,000 (2017-2021 COEC share)

2013-2018 NIH/NIEHS R01 PA12153

Community Action to Promote Healthy Neighborhoods (CA-PHE)

PI: Schulz



2012 – 2017 NIH/NIMHD P60 1P60MD002249

Michigan Center for Integrative Approaches to Health Disparities (CIAHD),

Community Engagement and Outreach Core (CEOC)

PI: Diez-Roux

Role: Participating Investigator, CEOC Acting Lead (2014-2015)

Total Costs: $809,665 (CEOC share)

2011-2017 NIH/HHS 1R01AG040138-01

Deliberative Engagement of Communities in Decisions about Research Spending

PI: Goold

Role: Principal Investigator, Evaluation Subcontract

Total Costs: $64,012

2016-2017 The Skillman Foundation

Youth Development, Youth Initiatives Project-Osborn Partnership

PI: McGhee

Role: Director, Youth Policy Capacity Building program

Total Costs: $33,000 (subcontract)

Submitted (under review):

2017 R25 NIH/NIGMS

Advancing Research Excellence and Diversity in the Biomedical and Behavioral

Research Workforce

Multiple PIs: Coombe, Israel



2017 R01 NIH/NIMHD

What Determines Where People Live? A Health Equity Framework for Housing

Multiple PIs: Mehdipanah, Schulz



2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Policies for Action (Letter of Intent)

Preserving low-income home ownership in Detroit: Tax foreclosure policies,

health, and equity

PIs: Coombe, Dewar



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Completed:

2014-2016 NIH/NIMHD R24MD001619

Disseminating and Supporting CBPR Partnerships and Research Translation-

PARTners (Administrative Supplement)

PI: Schulz, Israel



2013-2016 NIH/NIMHD 2 R24 MD001619

Community Approaches to Cardiovascular Health: Dissemination Phase

(CATCH-D)

PI: Israel


Total Costs: $586, 398

2014-2015 W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Addressing Equity in Detroit: Extending the Impact of the Detroit URC

PI: Israel

Role: Co-Investigator, Curriculum Development and Evaluation

2013-2015 Pew Charitable Trusts and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Healthy Neighborhoods for a Healthy Detroit - Health Impact Assessment

PI: Coombe



2012-2014 WK Kellogg Foundation

Neighborhoods Taking Action: A partnership approach to systems change to

improve high school graduation rates and health in Detroit

PI: Israel



2011 – 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Roadmaps to Health

Neighborhoods Taking Action: A Partnership Approach to Policy and Systems

Change to Improve High School Graduation Rates and Health in Detroit

PI: Israel



2012 – 2013 Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society (CARSS), University

of Michigan

Healthy Neighborhoods for a Healthy Detroit: Incorporating Health Impact

Assessment into Planning for the Future of Detroit (D-HIA)

PI: Coombe


Direct Costs: $50,000

2010 – 2013 The Skillman Foundation

Neighborhoods Working in Partnership: Building Capacity for Policy Change.

PI: Coombe

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Role: Principal Investigator, Director (Co-Investigator 2007-2010, Acting PI

10/2010 – 7/2011)


2010 – 2013 NIMHD 1RC4MD005694

Expanding Infrastructure for Community-Academic Research Partnerships in

Detroit

PI: Israel



2010 – 2011 W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kellogg Health Scholars Program-Community Track

Communities Working in Partnership: Building Capacity for Policy Change

(Michigan, North Carolina, and Baltimore Training Sites). Role: Co-Investigator

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Reyes, A., Clement, J., Grant, S., Lichtenstein, R., Schulz,

A., Smith, S. (2017). Strengthening community capacity in Detroit to influence policy

change for health equity. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. 23(2), 101-

116. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-

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Goold, S., Rowe, Z., Calhoun, K., Campbell, T., Danis, M., Hammad, A., ... & Coombe,

C.M. (2016). The State as community in community-based participatory research.

Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 10(4),

515-522.

Israel, B.A., Coombe, C.M., McGranaghan, R., Brakefield-Caldwell, W., Guzman, R.J.,

Kieffer, E.C., et al. (2013). Community-based participatory research: A partnership

approach for public health. CD-ROM. Community Engaged Scholarship for Health

(CES4Health.info).

Cheezum, R.R., Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., McGranaghan, R., Burris, A., O’Toole, A.,

Anderson, M. (2013). Building community capacity to advocate for policy change: An

outcome evaluation of the Neighborhoods Working in Partnership project in Detroit.

Journal of Community Practice, 21:228-247.

Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Coombe, C.M., Gaines, C., Reyes, A.G., Rowe, Zachary,

Sand, S.L., Strong, L.L., Weir, S. (2011). A community-based participatory planning

process and multilevel intervention design: Toward eliminating cardiovascular health

disparities. Health Promotion Practice, 12, 900-911.

Israel, B.A, Coombe, C.M., Cheezum, R., McGranaghan, R.J., Schulz, A.J.,

Lichtenstein, R., Reyes, A.G., Bond, J., Burris, A. (2010). Community-based

participatory research: A capacity building approach for policy advocacy aimed at

eliminating health disparities. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 2094-2101.

Submitted/UnderReview

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Koman, P. D., Hogan, K.A., Sampson, N., Mandell, R., Coombe, C.M., Tetteh, M., Hill-

Ashford, Y., Wilkins, D., Loch-Caruso, R., Schulz, A.J., Tracey, J. (2017). Air pollution

exposure and susceptibility of pregnant women to cardiac disease: Improving public

health protection under the Clean Air Act. World Medical & Health Policy.

Book Chapters

Wiggins, N., Parajon, L., Coombe, C.M., Duldulao, A., Wang, P., Rodriguez Garcia, L.

(2017). Participatory evaluation as a process of empowerment: Experiences with

community health workers in the US and Latin America. In Wallerstein, N., Duran, B.,

Oetzel, J., Minkler, M., editors, Community-Based Participatory Research for Health,

Third Edition, Jossey-Bass.

Coombe, C.M. Participatory approaches to evaluating community organizing and

coalition building. (2012). In Meredith Minkler, editor, Community Organizing and

Community Building for Health and Welfare, Third Edition, Rutgers University Press.

Coombe, C.M., Minkler, M. Force field analysis and SWOT analysis as strategic tools

in community organizing. (2012). In Meredith Minkler, Editor, Community Organizing

and Community Building for Health and Welfare, Third Edition, Rutgers University

Press.

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B., Schulz, A., Parker, E., Reyes, A. (2007). Community-based

participatory research. In Sarah E. Boslaugh, Editor, Encyclopedia of Epidemiology,

SAGE Publications.

Coombe, C.M. Participatory Evaluation: Building community while assessing change.

(2005). In Meredith Minkler, Editor, Community Organizing and Community Building

for Health, Second Edition, Rutgers University Press.

Coombe, C.M., Minkler, M. (2005). Using force field analysis and “SWOT” analysis as

strategic tools in community organizing. In Meredith Minkler, Editor, Community

Organizing and Community Building for Health, Second Edition, Rutgers University

Press.

Coombe, C.M. Using Empowerment Evaluation in community organizing and

community-based health initiatives. (1997). In Meredith Minkler, Editor, Community

Organizing and Community Building for Health, First Edition, Rutgers University Press.

Reports, Manuals and Other Publications

Coombe, C.M., Jacobs, D., Israel, B., Schulz, A.J., Cave, B., Wilkins, D. (2015).

Healthy Neighborhoods for a Healthy Detroit: Health impact assessment of the strategic

framework to regenerate Detroit. http://bitly.com/detroit-hia.

Coombe, C.M., Ferguson, K., Koman, P., Sampson, N., Schulz, A., Wilkins, D. (2015).

Public comment on the Federal Register. Vol 79 No. 242, National Ambient Air Quality

Standards for Ozone.

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Israel, B.A, Coombe, C.M., McGranaghan, R. (2009). Community-Based Participatory

Research: A partnership approach for public health. CD-ROM. Michigan Public Health

Training Center.

Coombe, C.M. (2007). The Effects of Urban Residential Environments on Mental Well

Being: A Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhood Stability, Middle Income Composition,

and Depression in Detroit. Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan. Available at

http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57711

Coombe, C.M. (1997). Community organizing for lead safe neighborhoods: Trainers

manual. Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Community Wellness & Prevention

Programs, Contra Costa County Health Services Department, Martinez, CA.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES

Peer Reviewed

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Allen, A.J., Brush, B.L., Keiffer, E., Lewis, T., Palmisano,

G., Rowe, Z., Gray, C. Results from a process and impact evaluation of the CBPR

Partnership Academy: Lessons learned for developing community-academic partnerships

for health and equity. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting,

Atlanta, GA, November 7, 2017.

Israel, B.A., Coombe, C.M., Gray, C., Brakefield Caldwell, W., Guzman, R.,

Lichtenstein, R., Pappas, L., Reyes, A.G., Schulz, A.J., Weinert, J. Capacity building for

developing equal community-academic partnerships: The community-based participatory

research (CBPR) partnership academy. American Public Health Association (APHA)

Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 7, 2017.

Muhammad, M., Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Reyes, A.G., Rowe, Z., Williams, G.O.

Evaluation in community-based participatory research: Measures, methods and results for

assessing sustainability and success in a 21 year CBPR partnership. American Public

Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 8, 2017.

Lachance, L., Israel, B.A., Brush, B.L., Jensen, M., Coombe, C.M., Muhammad, M.,

Rohn, E., Rowe, Z., Reyes, A.G. Using key informant interviews with community and

academic partners to define success in long-standing community-based participatory

research (CBPR) partnerships. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual

Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 8, 2017.

Koman, P. D., Sampson, N., Mandell, R., Coombe, C.M., Hill-Ashford, Y., Wilkins, D.,

Loch-Caruso, R., Woodruff, T.J., Schulz, A.J., Tetteh, M. (2017). Air pollution exposure

and susceptibility of pregnant women: Improving public health protection under the

Clean Air Act. APHA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 6, 2017.

Coombe, C.M., Wilkins, D., Gray, C., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Reyes, A.G., Weir, S.S.

Engaging community and science to inform environmental decision-making: Ensuring

the right to health, APHA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November, 02, 2016.

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Reyes, A.G., Guzman, R., Rowe, Z., Weinert, J., Terhaar,

L., Pappas, L. Innovative strategies to enhance community-academic partnerships for

http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57711

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health equity: Results from the CBPR Partnership Academy, APHA Annual Meeting,

Denver, CO, November, 01, 2016.

Coombe, C.M., Muhammad, M ., Israel, B.A., Reyes, A.G., Rowe, Z., Guzman, J. R.,

Weinert, J.K. Evaluation in community-based participatory research: Measures, methods

and results for assessing sustainability and success in a longstanding CBPR partnership.

APHA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October, 31, 2016.

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Reyes, A., Guzman, J.R., Palmisano, G., Weinert, J.,

Jacobs, D., TerHaar, L. CBPR Partnership Academy: A national initiative to promote

health equity by enhancing CBPR capacity. APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,

November 3, 2015.

Coombe, C.M., Reyes, A., Wilkins, D., Schulz, A., Israel, B.A., Metzger, K., Cave, B.,

Jacobs, D. Health impact assessment of strategic renewal strategy on Detroit’s high

vacancy neighborhoods: The effects of infrastructure, public lighting, and demolition on

disinvested neighborhoods. APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2, 2015.

Coombe, C.M., Schulz, A., Israel, B., Gray, C., Wilkins, D. Integrating community

engagement and research to inform local, state, and national policy. Poster presented at

the National Center Directors Meeting, NIEHS Environmental Sciences Core Centers,

Tucson, AZ, April 13, 2015.

Muhammad, M., Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Moffit, A., Rowe, Z., Jones, L., Smith, S.

The use of mixed methods in evaluating CBPR partnerships: Lessons learned from the

Detroit Urban Research Center. Poster presented at APHA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL,

November 3, 2015.

Coombe, C.M., Wilkins, D., Cave, B. Healthy Neighborhoods for a Healthy Detroit:

Health Impact Assessment. 2nd National Meeting on Health Impact Assessment,

Washington, DC, September 24, 2013.

Reyes, A.G., Coombe, C.M. Enhancing expertise of community partners to promote

equity in CBPR: Collaborative research capacity building training for community-based

organizations. Learning Institute, APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2,

2013.

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Spolum, M., et. al. Adapting a policy advocacy training for

Detroit residents into a training-of-trainers for Flint, Baltimore, and North Carolina. The

140th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA,

October 31, 2012.

Eakin, B., Coombe, C.M., Piechowski, P., Anderson, L. Developing health disparities

researchers through a multidisciplinary summer immersion program. NIH Translational

Science Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 19, 2012.

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Spolum, M., et. al. Building capacity of community-

academic partnerships to create healthy communities through policy change:

Communities Working in Partnership. The 139th Annual Meeting of the American Public

Health Association, Washington, D.C., October 31, 2011.

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Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A, McGranaghan, R.J., Kunnath, J., Reyes, A.G., Ridella, W.,

Hill-Ashford, Y.R. Enhancing capacity to use community-based participatory research

for social justice: Developing an interactive CD-ROM as a teaching and dissemination

tool. The 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO,

November 8-10, 2010.

Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A, Flournoy, R., Smith, S., Wright, C., Spencer, M.,

McGranaghan, R.J., Carlson, M., Sandusky, E. Enhancing community participation in

policy change: A partnership approach to neighborhood advocacy training for health

equity. The 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver,

CO, November 8-10, 2010.

Cheezum, R.R., Burris, A., Israel, B.A., Coombe, C.M., McGranaghan, R.J., O’Toole,

A., Anderson, M. Challenges and facilitating factors of community organizing for policy

change: Lessons learned from a policy advocacy capacity building training for residents

of Detroit. The 138th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,

Denver, CO, November 8-10, 2010.

Coombe, C.M., Rowe, Z., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A. Translating findings from

Community-Based Participatory Research into policy interventions to promote health: A

case study of urban residential neighborhoods and depression. The 137th Annual Meeting

of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11, 2009.

Coombe, C.M., Burris, A., Cheezum, R., Israel, B.A, McGranaghan, R.J., Carlson, M.,

Parker, E., Grant, S. Neighborhoods Working in Partnership: Evaluation of the process

and outcomes of neighborhood-level policy training workshops. The 137th Annual

Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11,

2009.

Cheezum, R., Burris, A., Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A, McGranaghan, R.J., Weigl, A.,

Anderson, M. Neighborhoods Working in Partnership: Assessing the impact of a policy

advocacy training project. The 137th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health

Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 7-11, 2009.

Coombe, C.M., Rowe, Z., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A. Translating community-based

participatory research findings into policy interventions to improve health in urban

neighborhoods. Poster presented at the Annual Clinical Research Symposium, Michigan

Institute for Clinical and Health Research, Ann Arbor, MI, October 16, 2009.

Coombe, C.M., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Grant-Pierson, S. Effects of neighborhood

stability and income composition on major depression in an urban environment. Poster

presented at the Annual Clinical Research Symposium, Michigan Institute for Clinical

and Health Research, Ann Arbor, MI, October 31, 2008.

Coombe, C.M., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Sand, S., Weir, S.S., Varick, D., et al.

Community approaches to cardiovascular health (CATCH): A participatory model for

community assessment and planning to address health disparities. Presented at the 136th

Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 29,

2008.

Coombe, C.M., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., Galea, S., Mentz, G., Grant-Pierson, S.

Neighborhood socioeconomic structure and major depression in urban environments: The

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interaction of neighborhood stability and percent middle income. Presented at the 136th

Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 27,

2008.

Coombe, C.M., Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A., White-Perkins, D., Mentz, G., Weir, S.

Mental well being and neighborhood socioeconomic context: Comparing measures of

mental health in a multiethnic urban environment. Bruno Lima Symposium on Mental

Health Issues Among Minority Populations, 135th Annual Meeting of the American

Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 5, 2007.

Invited Presentations and Guest Lectures

Coombe, C.M., Rowe, Z. Community-based participatory research: improving health

and equity. Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program, Detroit, MI, January 28, 2016.

Coombe, C.M. Participatory evaluation: Building capacity and promoting change.

HBEHED 622 (Mistry): Program Evaluation in Health Education, University of

Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, March 10, 2016.

Coombe, C.M., Wilkins, D. Health impact assessment of Detroit Future City

regeneration framework on people living in high vacancy neighborhoods. Detroit Urban

Research Center 20th Anniversary Symposium, Detroit, MI, January 21, 2016.

Coombe, C.M. Participatory evaluation to promote change. HBEHED 622 (Mistry):

Program Evaluation in Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public

Health, Ann Arbor, MI, March 19, 2015.

Coombe, C.M. Community-based participatory research: Addressing social determinants

of health to promote health equity. PH 300/HBEHED 500 (Strecher): Behavioral and

Social Science Foundations Class, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann

Arbor, MI, March 10, 2015.

Coombe, C.M., Hammami, M. Integrating Health in All Policies and Health Impact

Assessment into School Siting Policy. Third Working Conference for Developing Policy

on Environmental Quality, Schools, and Health in Michigan, UM School of Natural

Resources and the Environment and the Kresge Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI, January 30,

2015.

Coombe, C.M. Health and wealth: the health impacts of economic development, Detroit

Revitalization Fellows Program, Detroit, MI, November13, 2014.

Coombe, C.M. Revitalization, resiliency, and the environment. Detroit Revitalization

Fellows Program, Detroit, MI, July 11, 2014.

Coombe, C.M. Health impact assessment for healthy school policy. Second Statewide

Working Conference for Developing Policy on Environmental Quality, Schools, and

Health in Michigan, UM School of Natural Resources and the Environment and the

Kresge Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI, May 16, 2014.

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Coombe, C.M., Reyes, A.G. Community-based participatory research and social

determinants of health frameworks to inform social enterprise. Detroit Youth Passages

Social Enterprise Summit, Detroit, MI, September 18, 2013.

Coombe, C.M., Wilkins, D. Detroit Health Impact Assessment. Symposium, Center for

Advancing Research and Solutions for Society, Ann Arbor, MI, May, 2013.

Grant-White, S., Key K., Coombe, C.M., Bayer, R. Communities Working in

Partnership: Building capacity for policy change. Michigan Community Based Public

Health Conference, Flint, MI, April 3, 2012.

Clement, J., Coombe, C.M., Israel, B.A., Smith, S., Wright, C. Neighborhoods Working

in Partnership: Building capacity for equity leaders in policy advocacy. Pre-summit

Preparing Equity Leaders Institute, PolicyLink National Equity Summit 2011, November

8, 2011.

Coombe, C.M., Hill-Ashford, Y. Using a partnership approach to achieve health equity.

Michigan Department of Community Health, Health Disparities Reduction and Minority

Health Section. June 22, 2010.

Coombe, C.M. Community-based participatory research: Using a partnership approach

to achieve health equity. Presented as part of statewide Capacity Building Grant

Workshop: Moving Together Toward Health Equity, Michigan Department of

Community Health, Health Disparities Reduction and Minority Health Section. May 13,

2010.

Coombe, C.M., Lockett, M. Community-based participatory research. Health

Disparities Reduction and Minority Health Section, Michigan Department of Community

Health.March 23, 2010.

Coombe, C.M., Burris, A. Communities working in partnership: Building capacity for

public health advocacy. Presented at Addressing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities

Through Public Policy, Statewide Conference, Michigan Department of Community

Health, Detroit, MI, October 22, 2008.

Coombe, C.M. Participatory evaluation: Building capacity while assessing change. SSW

683 (Kossoudji): Evaluation in Social Work. University of Michigan School of Social

Work, Ann Arbor, MI. 2008

Coombe, C.M. Scholarship from the Field: A Model for Integrating Theory and Practice

in Public Health Education. Annual Conference of California Council of Local Health

Officers, San Francisco, CA. 2000.

Coombe, C.M. Empowerment Evaluation. Guest lecture for master’s level course in

Program Evaluation (Professor Zoe Clayson), San Francisco State University. 2000.

Coombe, C.M. Sustainable Fundraising for Rural Women’s Economic Development.

Training for participants from four states in Women's Rural Marketing Ventures, Rural

Development Leadership Network, Mora, NM. 1998.

Coombe, C.M. Building an effective statewide consumer advisory board. Series of one-

and two-day workshops for federally mandated state advisory boards of the Technology-

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Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act (North Dakota, South Dakota,

Idaho, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Hawaii, American Samoa,

Northern Mariana Islands, Guam). 1994 - 1995.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Michigan, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research

Summer Immersion Program in Health Disparities Research 2010 - 2011

University of Michigan, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education (MPH)

HBEHED 644: Readings in Health Behavior and Health Education 2015

(Instructor)

HBEHED 625: Research in Health Behavior (Instructor) 2014

HBHE 651: Program Development in Health Education (Instructor) 2009

HBHE 602: Foundations of Health Education Practice (GSI) 2005

HBHE 651: Program Development in Health Education (GSI) 2001

University of California, Berkeley, Center for Public Health Practice (MPH program)

PH291: Preparation for Public Health Practice (Instructor) 1998 - 2000

Community Health Education; Environmental Health Sciences

PH290: Field Placement (Field Program Supervisor) 1998 - 2000

Community Health Education; Environmental Health Sciences

PH291.104: Topics and Issues in Field Placement (Instructor) 1997 - 2000

Community Health Education

California Institute of Integral Studies, Department of Integral Health Education (MA)

HED 555: Group Facilitation (Instructor) 1996

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Health Impact Assessment Practitioners Summer Training Course, San Francisco Public Health

Department, Environmental Health Section, Program on Health Equity and Sustainability (Rajiv

Bhatia et. al). Oakland, CA, July, 2011.

Hierarchical Linear Models, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (Joop Hox).

University of Michigan, 2006.

Applied Structural Equation Modeling, Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (Laura

Klem). University of Michigan, 2004.

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS

2014 – 2015 Reach the Decision Makers Fellowship, UCSF Program on Reproductive Health

and the Environment. To promote health-based policies at the US Environmental

Protection Agency.

2008 - 2010 Postdoctoral Translational Research Fellowship, Michigan Institute of Clinical

and Health Research, NIH National Center for Research Resources.

2007 Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship.

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2002 - 2005 National Institute of Mental Health Predoctoral Research Fellowship:

Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health and Illness, Institute for Social

Research.

2005 Mabel Rugen Fund for Health Education.

2001 Rackham Debt Management Fellowship for students in public interest careers.

1995 The William and Alice Hinckley Scholarship for high academic standing and a

career reflecting a humanitarian concern.

1995 UC Club of San Francisco Scholarship for distinguished academic record,

outstanding accomplishments, and future potential in public health.

1995 Newhouse Foundation Fellowship and Sanford M. Treguboff Awards for

unusual merit and demonstrated community service.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SERVICE

2014-2015 Grant Reviewer, M-LEEaD Pilot Projects Program, University if Michigan

2008-2010 Reviewer, Social Science and Medicine, Social Marketing Quarterly

2000 Reviewer, Carl W. Tyler, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Health Practice

(ASPH/CDC)

1999-2000 Reviewer, ASPH/CDC Fellowship Program

1997-2000 Board, Environmental Education Network Collaborative , Oakland, CA

1993-1995 Member, Planned Giving Committee, KPFA Radio (national public radio)

1993-1994 Mentor, National Society of Fundraising Executives

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment (SOPHIA) 2013 - present

American Public Health Association 1994 - present

Society for Public Health Education, Inc. (SOPHE) 1994 - 2000

Northern California SOPHE 1995 - 2000

Development Executives Roundtable 1992 - 2000

National Society of Fund Raising Executives 1988 - 1994

LANGUAGES

Intermediate proficiency in spoken and written Spanish

Documents

CHRIS M. COOMBE PHD MPH Curriculum Vitae · CHRIS M. COOMBE, PHD, MPH Curriculum Vitae Department of Health Behavior and Health Education University of Michigan School of Public Health