Community Assessment and Strategy

We provide technical assistance to public health and health care partners to improve the health of communities in North Carolina and beyond.

We have expertise in a wide range of areas:

Population Health Improvement

Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning

Communications and Messaging

Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

GIS Mapping

“Social Determinants of Health”

Leadership/Management Development

We focus our work on not only collecting, analyzing and visualizing, but doing so in a way that creates impact and improves decision making. We often work with state and local health departments, nonprofits and hospital and healthcare systems.

Team Members

	Amy Belflower Thomas, MHA, MSPH, CPH Director, Community Assessment and Strategy (919) 843-3973 amy.b.thomas@unc.edu		Margaret F. Benson Nemitz, MPH Community Assessment Coordinator margaret.nemitz@unc.edu
	Joe Dawson, MA Digital Communications Specialist joedawson@unc.edu		Julia Kimmel, MPH Project Assistant jmkimmel@email.unc.edu
	Erin Magee, MSW, MPH Community Assessment Coordinator emagee@email.unc.edu		Lori Rhew, MA Training and Accreditation Coordinator (919) 843-0836 Lori.Rhew@unc.edu
	Matthew C. Simon, MA, GISP Senior Data and GIS Analyst (919) 966-0925 mattsimon@unc.edu		Alison Singer Data Assessment Advisor and Analyst alison_singer@unc.edu
	Elizabeth Thomas, MPH Community Engagement Coordinator (919) 843-0837 esthomas@unc.edu		John Wallace, PhD Senior Data Advisor (919) 962-8870 john.wallace@unc.edu