Kelly
Grace,
PhD
Education Assessment Specialist
University of Texas Medical Branch
Dr. Kelly Grace is a multi-methods and mixed methods researcher and evaluator with PhD in Comparative and International Education. As the HEC education assessment specialist, Dr. Grace leads research and evaluation initiatives with HEC divisions and community partners and leads the HEC Research Mentoring Program where she mentors staff and students in collaborative research and evaluation projects. As an evaluator, Dr. Grace develops instruments for measuring faculty, staff and student experience and learning, analyzes data and creates data visualization dashboards in Excel and PowerBI for HEC activities.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Greater Texas Gulf Coast Engage Me Series (GTX-GEMS), led by the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice (OIPEP), exemplifies how sustained community forums can bridge academia, healthcare, government, and advocacy sectors to advance public health and interprofessional collaboration.Hosted monthly from September to May, each GTX-GEMS session features panelists representing diverse professions and perspectives—including UTMB clinicians and researchers, public officials, advocacy leaders, and health system representatives. Topics span critical…
More individuals complain about headaches than any other condition. Headaches are disorders without a biological marker; the diagnosis is based on history and symptoms. Migraine is the third most prevalent disorder affecting 15% of Americans. As the most stigmatized neurological disease, society and media view it as just a bad headache, instead of a debilitating and disabling disease. Therefore, migraine is often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Similarly, cluster headache, aka suicide headache, remains widely underdiagnosed due to insufficient awareness among physicians frequently causing…
This session will discuss the value and outcomes of embedding interprofessional education and practice core competencies in the Christina Sullivan Foundation’s curriculum for adaptive sports for people with disabilities. Specifically, the speakers will share observations from UTMB student IPE team collaborations supporting people with disabilities and their families and caretakers, detail the rationale for IPEP integration and advocacy within the community, and present insights from the long-term data collection journey in IPEP activities.
Building and sustaining community partnerships…