BAILEY AlEXIS Holmes SPENCER

Bloomberg Teaching Assistant-Introduction to Persuasive Communications: Theories and Practice 

Bloomberg Teaching Assistant- Program Planning for Health Behavior Change 

Johns Hopkins Homewood Teaching Assistant-Introduction to Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health

GEC Academy Teaching Assistant-New Media and Health 

Mailman Teaching Assistant -Beyond Motherhood 

Columbia College Lead Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Public Health

Mailman CORE Teaching Assistant- Public Health Interventions Studio 

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP) Facilitator 

Morehouse School of Medicine Program Evaluation Intern 05/2019 to 08/2019 The Center for Disease Control and Prevention Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program/ Project IMHOTEP Intern at Morehouse College 05/2019 to 08/2019 International Black Women's Congress Intern 05/2018 to 1/2020

The Office of Research Development (ORD) is part of the Office of Sponsored Research Administration (OSRA) at MSM. ORD is charged with the responsibility of designing programs and activities to address translating discovery into health equity. Major ORD efforts push the needle of translating discovery into health equity through the use of team science. Evaluated the effectiveness of the activities of the Office of Research Development (ORD) at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM): the Scientific Seminar Series, including McNairy Science of Disease Seminars; Proposal Development and Grant Writing Workshops; and Grant Writing Boot Camp.

Project Imhotep is an eleven-week summer internship program supported by the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) designed to increase the knowledge and skills of underrepresented minority students in biostatistics, epidemiology, public health, scientific writing, and occupational safety and health.

• Morehouse College and Goodie Nation hosted a Health Hack-a-thon, where I pitched my health campaign entitled HIVE and won.

• Presented my Morehouse School of Medicine evaluation report and poster presentation at the CDC Showcase.

IBWC is a non-profit organization that provides HIV/AIDS prevention, education, testing, and counseling. Public Health Summer and Winter Intern. General consultation and collaboration with PrEP/Bridges staff and organization leadership. Worked as a patient navigator and conducted passive surveillance by submitting health reports to the Virginia Health Department. Implemented HIV /AIDS initiatives and other non-profit programming.

• Ayoubi,P^.,Holmes Spencer, B^., Poku, O.B., Kreniske,P., Kaufman, M.R, Eschliman, E.L., (2025). Analytic methods to investigate HIV-related digital communication: A scoping review. Under review.
• Smith, B. D.^, Holmes Spencer, B.^, Nur-Singletary, Z., Adane, N., Moser, N., & Powell, T. W. (2024). Assessing the association between safety perceptions and communication about sex and drugs among Black adolescents exposed to adversity. Journal of traumatic stress, 10.1002/jts.23044. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23044
• Holmes Spencer, B., Smith, B.D., Adane, N. & Powell, T.W. (2025). Double Dose: Exposure to substances in digital environments among adolescents exposed to ACEs. Under review.
• Holmes Spencer, B., Powell, T. W., Adane, N., Hwang, A., Davie, E., Phoenix, T., & Smith, B. D. (2024). Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Library-based Substance Use Prevention Intervention. Under Review.
• Kennedy, K., Ray,C., Harper,C., Holmes Spencer,B., Miedema, & S.,Liu, G. (2023). Health Inequities at the Intersection of Sexual Identity, Race, and Healthcare Barriers. Under Review.
• Sanchez Karver, T., Levine, D., Evans, I., Hsu, L., Holmes Spencer, B., Wrght, K., Maniar, V., & Kaufman, M. (2023). Bridging the Gender Divide in Health Data: An Evaluation of a Gender and Health Data Seminar Series. Under Review.
• Kreniske, P., Morrison, C., Holmes Spencer, B. , Levine, A., Liotta, L., Fisher, P. W., Nguyen, N., Robbins, R. N., Dolezal, C., Kluisza, L., Wiznia, A., Abrams, E. J., & Mellins, C. A. (2022). HIV and suicide risk across adolescence and young adulthood: an examination of socio-demographic, contextual and psychosocial risk factors for attempted suicide in a longitudinal cohort of ageing adolescents affected by HIV living in the New York City Area. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25 Suppl 4(Suppl 4), e25984. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25984

• Holmes Spencer, B., Smith, B.D., Adane, N. & Powell, T.W. (2025, April). Double Dose: Exposure to substances in digital environments among adolescents exposed to ACEs. Poster presentation at the Annual Department of Health, Behavior and Society Research Symposium. Baltimore, MD.
• Holmes Spencer, B., Powell, T. W., Adane, N., Hwang, A., Davie, E., Phoenix, T., & Smith, B. D. (2025, March). Assessing the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Library-based Substance Use Prevention Intervention. Poster presentation at the Annual Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine Association. Baltimore, MD.
• Chhipa U , Holmes Spencer B, Asad N, Afzal B, Mehmood A, Kang BA, Barnett DJ, Razzak J. Exploring Health Care Workers' Perceptions of mHealth Interventions for Enhancing Willingness-to-Respond to Disasters and Public Health Emergencies: A Qualitative Study . The 7th Annual Virtual Healthcare in the Mainstream Symposium & Research Forum, November 15, 2024, New York, USA.
• Mehmood A, Holmes Spencer B, Chhipa U, Asad N, Afzal B, Razzak J, Barnett DJ, Development of Evidence-informed mHealth Interventions for Enhancing Willingness-to-Respond to Disasters and Public Health Emergencies in Pakistan. WADEM's 23rd Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. May 2-6, 2025, Tokyo, Japan, Abstract accepted.
• Holmes Spencer, B., Smith, B.D., Adane, N. & Powell, T.W. (2024, October). Double Dose: Exposure to substances in digital environments among adolescents exposed to ACEs. Poster presentation at the 152nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Minneapolis, MN.
• Smith, B.D., Holmes Spencer, B. ,Nur-Singletary Z, A Adane, N. & Powell, T.W. (2024, April). Examining the relationship between safety perceptions and communication with trusted adults about sex and drug use. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescence Research. Chicago, IL.
• Holmes, B., Okpodu, C., Holmes Spencer, B., & Clark,A. (2023, November). Black Women in the Academy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Research and Pedagogy. Grand Roundtable at the Annual National Women's Scholars Association Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
• Holmes Spencer, B. (April 2022) Black and Latinx youth affected by HIV : Experiences with suicidality. Oral presentation the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health Practicum Symposium. New York, New York.
• Kreniske, P., Morrison, C., Holmes Spencer, B., Levine,A., Liotta,L., Prudence, W.F., Nguyen, N., Robbins, R., Dolezal, C., Kluisza, L., Wiznia, A., Abrams, E., & Mellins, C., (2021). Sociodemographic, structural, and psychosocial associations with attempted suicide among a longitudinal cohort of Black and Latinx youth affected by HIV. Oral presentation at the Annual Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) Conference. Virtual.

• T32 National Institute of Mental Health Data Integration for Causal Inference in Behavioral Health Training Award
• Johns Hopkins University 6th Annual Excellence in Diversity Symposium Third Place Winner
• 2022 Delta Pi Chapter Member of Delta Omega Honor Society
• 2021 Mentoring of Students and Igniting Community (MOSAIC) practicum grant award, Columbia University
• 2021 Inductee of Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society
• 2020 Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholar
• 2019 Goodie Nation and Morehouse College Health Hack-a-thon Award winner
• 2019 Boston University School of Public Health Select Scholar
• 2016-2020 Spelman College Health Career Opportunities Pipeline Preparation Program (HCOPPP) Scholar

Bloomberg School of Public Health Black Graduate Student Association- 2022-2023 Vice President & 2023-2024 President

• Dedicated to the enhancement of the graduate experience for Black students. These efforts extend across the entire spectrum of the graduate experience, including the transition from undergraduate to graduate school, providing academic support, networking and career opportunities, providing opportunities for fellowship, and creating a safe, inclusive intellectual environment. I seek to expand, diversify, and advance the knowledge of all Hopkins students by exposing the Johns Hopkins community to events and programming that celebrate Black culture and address issues relevant to the Black community.

Mailman Trauma Free NYC Student Advocate Group- 2020-2021 Vice President

• Promoted cross-disciplinary interprofessional conversations about trauma-based research and practice. Created service learning experiences for graduate and undergraduate students in partnership with community groups and external stakeholders. Conducted annual speaker events to increase public awareness of the factors associated with ACEs and trauma experienced across the lifespan.

Mailman Resilience, Inclusivity, Solidarity, and Empowerment Mentor Program- 2021 Mentor

• The Office of Diversity, Culture, and Inclusion and the Office of Student Affairs offered a robust peer mentorship program for Mailman students. As a second year mentor, I was able to facilitate guided conversations, community experiences, and leadership development workshops for first year students.

Mailman Bloom Girls Mentoring Program

• As a mentor, I provided mentorship to girls and young teens in the Washington Heights community of northern Manhattan, specifically at Community Health Academy of the Heights (CHAH). Bloom aims to increase awareness of health careers and increase health knowledge via weekly day group sessions, offsite visits, and hosting guest speakers.

Student Health and Peer Educator- 2019 Vice President

• The mission of SHAPE is to improve the lives of African American women by engaging Spelman College students, Atlanta University schools, and the surrounding community in dialogue and frank discussions about health and health lifestyles, for positive outcomes

Unite for Reproductive Justice and Gender Equity- 2018 Community Service Chair

• A non-profit organizations that envisions a world where all people have agency over their own bodies and relationships, and the power, knowledge, and tools to exercise that agency
  

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