Become a Sleep Champion
Help Continue Sleep Health Work in Your Church Community
Sleep Champions lead Project SHINE sleep health conversations, share materials, support post-program check-ins, and give feedback on how sleep programming can fit church life. Sleep Champions do not provide medical advice, diagnose sleep problems, interpret sleep scores, or advise on medications.
Meet the SHINE Team
Leyla Karimzadeh, BA
Counseling Team
Vanessa Anyanso, MA
Counseling Team
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Rachel Price, MA
Taylor Smith, MA
Counseling Team, Community Liaison
Tayler Powell
Community Liaison, Research Assistant
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Emercyn McMillan
Research Assistant
Shikha Bista, PhD
Research Scientist
Project Coordinator
Ivan HC Wu, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Rev. Dr. Melvin G. Miller
Community Partner
Lead Pastor of Progressive Baptist Church
Evelyn Reid, PhD
Community Liaison,
Health Educator