 Professional Summary
DeShuna Dickens currently serves as the Asthma Training Coordinator for the Sinai Urban Health Institute’s “Controlling Pediatric Asthma through Collaboration and Education (CPATCE)” project, a statewide asthma intervention funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Prior to joining the Sinai Urban Health Institute, DeShuna had the opportunity to be involved in several different community research projects dealing with adolescent smoking behavior, women’s health, child abuse and neglect, and children’s mental health. DeShuna is passionate about helping others and working in the community and interested in health education and promotion, maternal and child health, women’s health, health disparities, and health communication. As a master’s student, DeShuna was fortunate to be the recipient of the 2002 Health and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Innovations in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, given in recognition of an innovative group project idea on how to increase breastfeeding among adolescent mothers. In her free time, she mentors teens with the Chicago Youth Program: Children Teaching Children program in Washington Park. In her role as mentor, she helps teens develop lesson plans on various health topics so that they can teach younger children in the Washington Park, Cabrini Green and Uptown areas. Education
AE-C, Certified Asthma Educator, 2007
M.P.H., Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003
B.S., Biology, Tennessee State University, 2000 | 
