Christina Hardy, MPH

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1700 MLK, Jr. Blvd.
CB # 7426
Chapel Hill, NC
USA 27599-7426

Biographical Sketch: Christina Yongue Hardy, MPH, has over ten years of experience working in the field of community health science and education. She currently serves as the first Community Research Fellow/Project Manager on a pilot project launched by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC-CH’s) Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in collaboration with the Clinical and Translational Science Institutes at UNC-CH and Vanderbilt University. This project accelerates community-engaged research utilizing the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Mrs. Hardy has experience working as the Project Coordinator on a CBPR project that explored racial health disparities regarding breast cancer treatment on a systems-level. This project was called, “The Cancer Care and Racial Equity Study.” It was an investigation initiated and organized by the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative, an organization for which Mrs. Hardy currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Planning and Outreach Sub-committee. She is also a founding member of Sisters Network Greensboro Chapter (an affiliate of the national African American breast cancer survivorship organization). Mrs. Hardy is also a Board member of the Partnership Project, Inc., which is a non-profit organization that coordinates Undoing Racism™ Trainings in the Greensboro area. She is married to Donnell Hardy, and is the proud mother of their two daughters. ****************************** Nettie Coad is the Executive Director of The Partnership Project and a member of the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative. She was Co-Investigator for the Cancer Care and Racial Equity (CCARES) study in Greensboro, NC which explored health disparities in medical treatments among African American and White breast cancer survivors. Prior to serving as a community organizer for Project Greensboro, the parent organization of The Partnership Project, she worked for 22 years in various management capacities for the Sears Catalog Distribution Center. She is a resource trainer for the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, a nationally recognized anti-racist training and consulting organization. She serves on a broad array of community boards, including The Ole Asheboro Neighborhood Association Inc., The Gate City Housing Association, The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, The Affordable Housing Group of North Carolina, the City of Greensboro Re-Development Commission, and The Kernodle Scholarship Selection Committee. She also served as a trustee for the Wesley Long – Moses Cone Community Health Foundation. Mrs. Coad has been a leader and organizer in her Greensboro neighborhood for over 50 years, serving nine different terms as President of the Board for her neighborhood association.

Papers:
3407.0 Using health information technology as a tool for systems change and racial equity in cancer care: Phase I of accure 5150.0 Collaborating to address medical systems changes in cancer care with community initiation and accountability