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Doctor Jenn has delivered 20+ national presentations, served as a peer reviewer for six professional journals, and facilitated 10 multi‑year federally funded public health projects. Her efforts all focus on access, activation, and communities.

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Strategically building culturally responsive projects. Association of Black Women in Project and Program Management. Webinar.

Strategic Activation of Your Dream: Thriving in Maternal Health. VOICES Maternal Mental Health Roundtable. Renewell Foundation. Webinar.

Responsive Agency Marketing and Communications. Public Relations, Florida A&M University.

A caregivers guide to financial planning and wellbeing. BrainCharge.

Flourishing forward: Building a financial legacy throughout motherhood. Black Moms Fair featuring Tatyana Ali. Dallas, Texas.

Innovation and Implementation for Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce Programs. National Academy for State Health Policy, Nashville, Tennessee. Panel.

Elevating maternal mental health through accessible training. Health Equity Alliance Summit. University of North Texas Health Science Center. Denton, TX. Poster.

Saver the moment: A flexible and funded retirement for public health professionals for the Nasdaq Milestones Program. Sisters in Public Health.

Financial fortitude for small business owners. E-Suite. Hosted by Pathways to Excellence and Erica Roberts, MBA, PMP.

Edwards, J., Jamilah, S., Mahan, D. From Data to decisions: Generating insights through the outcomes assessment lab. Dallas College Professional Development Day. Dallas, Texas.

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Consulting kickoff for doctors: Starting and scaling your values-driven practice. eBook. Dallas, TX: Upstream.

The Maternal Mental Health of Black Women Working. In Rahmatu Kassimu (Ed.), Navigating Black Maternal Mental Health and Well-Being. IGI Global Publishing.

Centering African Americans in Evaluation: Actionable Metrics to Evaluate Racial Equity in Population Medicine and Clinical Programs. In Satcher Health Leadership Institute (Ed.), Health Equity: African Americans and Public Health. Washington, DC: APHA Press. https://doi.org/10.2105/9780875533292

Engaging military veterans in the public health workforce. Trailhead Institute. https://trailhead.institute/engaging-veterans/

Johnson, S., Sims, T., Obichere, E., McWhorter, J., Edwards, J., Lewis, A., Green, H. (2025). The impact of climate change on cancer surgery and healthcare delivery: A review of environmental and surgical challenges. Cancer Causes and Control. doi: 10.1007/s10552-025-01999-0.

Thompson, K., Cramer, R., Ettman, L., LaPollo, A., Edwards, J. (2024). Substance misuse among pregnant women: How the fear of law enforcement influences accessing prenatal and behavioral health care. Internal report.

K. Thompson, A. Bodas, H. Patel, H. Leichliter, M. Boughter-Dornfeld, J. Edwards, J. Bleser (2024). How perceptions of repercussions for substance use may influence prenatal care access. Internal report.