Mohamed Jalloh Project Coordinator Mohamed joins OMG from the University of North Carolina Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, where he was a research assistant. There he assisted in the development of a training curriculum for lay health advisers for cardiovascular disease management among African American men in the research project “Navigating Men's Health: Are We Our Brother's Keeper?” Also, using a mixed-method approach, he led the evaluation of the lay health training workshops of a community-based participatory research project. At OMG Mohamed is a project coordinator on New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming. His major responsibilities include working with the Deputy Director on management and administration of this Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national program. Mohamed assists with communication strategies to engage the program's alumni and grantees. Building on his experience in Web design and electronic media communications, he uses social media and other Web 2.0 tools in promoting New Connections. Mohamed graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health, and received his Master's in Public Health from the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. He also received a Certificate in Interdisciplinary Health Communication from UNC-Chapel Hill. < Return to Staff Listing