Research & Publication

Our team is at the foundation of community change, documenting work and evidence that drive impact.

White Papers

  • Suspension in Buffalo Public Schools: History, Analysis and a Holistic, Positive Path Forward

    White Paper

    Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW; Carly Hite, JD; Rae Shih, JD, MPP

    (December 2022)

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  • Community Health Workers: A Workforce and a Movement for Health and Social Equity

    White Paper

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Whitney Mendel, PhD MSW; Phyllis Gunning, MPH; Maribel Irizarry, CHW; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (February 2021)

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Poster Gallery

  • Logic Model of Employing a Parent/Youth Community Health Worker Strategy in the Buffalo Public Schools​

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (November 2025)

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  • From Client to Community Health Worker: Process and Preliminary Outcomes of a CHW Internship Program

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Angelica Lagares, CHW; Airmaliz Llerandez, CHW; Marixsa Sanchez, MS, CHW; Whitney Mendel, PhD; LuAnne Brown, MS, RN

    (June 2025)

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  • Building a Community Health Worker Pipeline: Transitioning from Receiving to Providing Services in a Perinatal Social Service Organization

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Marixsa Sanchez, MS, CHW; LuAnne Brown, MS, RN

    (June 2025)

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  • Youth Community Health Workers Advocate for School Health and Wellness

    Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW; Danielle Grzymala, CHW; Rehma Kashindi, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD

    (October 2024)

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  • Nurturing our own: Internships to support the growth of consumer advisory board members into CHWs

    Marixsa Sanchez, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD; Erin Klass, MBA; LuAnne Brown, MS, RN; Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW

    (October 2024)

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  • Community Health Workers: A Workforce and a Movement for Health and Social Equity

    Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD; Nicolalita Rodriguez de Melgar, LMSW, CHW

    (October 2024)

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  • Wellness Our Way: A Community-School-County COVID-19 Vaccine and Wellness Outreach Initative Led by Community Health Workers

    Renee Cadzow, PhD, Jessica Bauer-Walker, BA, CHW, Khadijah Hussein, BA, CHW, Jonathan Shaw, MPH

    (November 2022)

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  • Revision and Implementation of the School Wellness Policy Using the WSCC Model in Partnership with Parent and Student Community Health Workers

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW; Denise Walden, CHW; Sue Baldwin, PhD; Kathleen Curtin, MBA

    (November 2017)

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  • Cultural Competency/Health Literacy Training for Healthcare Providers: Program Development and Implementation in Partnership with Community Health Workers

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Patricia Podkulski, MS, RN; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (November 2017)

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  • Evaluating a Collaborative in Support of School Wellness Teams

    Kathleen Curtin, MBA; Renee Cadzow, PHD; Aaron Krolikowski, PHD; Natalie Good, BS

    (June 2017)

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  • School Health and Wellness Collaborative: Evaluation of a School-Community-Academic Partnership to Improve Engagement in School Wellness Work

    Kathleen Curtin, BSN, MBA; Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW; Sue Baldwin, PhD, MCHES, FASHA; Sue Ventresca, MSN

    (June 2016)

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  • Evaluation of the Impact of a CHW Training Program: A Qualitative Analysis of Participant Feedback

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (November 2015)

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Conference Presentations

  • Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo Responding with Resilience

    Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW; Brenda McDuffie, CHW; Grace Tate, CHW; Nicolalita Rodriguez, CHW; Michael Chase, CHW; Danielle Grzymala, CHW; Shaquille Jones, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD, CHW Ally

    (Annual Meeting and Expo, APHA, November 2025)

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  • Parent and Youth Community Health Workers as Change Agents for “Solutions not Suspensions” in Buffalo Public Schools

    Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW; Danielle Grzymala, CHW; Rehma Kashindi, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD, CHW Ally

    (Annual Meeting and Expo, APHA, November 2025)

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  • School Wellness Team Introduction and Overview

    Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW

    (BPS School Wellness Team Meetings, Fall 2025)

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  • Youth and Parent Community Health Worker Program: Impact on Health and Wellness in Public School

    Khadijah Hussein, MSW, CHW; Nicolalita Rodriguez, LMSW, CHW; Serea Walker, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD, CHW Ally ; Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW

    (Public Health Partnership Conference, NYSPHA, May 2024)

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  • Transformation of healthcare through Community Health Worker movement building: Applying anthropology in community-institutional partnerships

    Renee Cadzow, PhD

    (Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings, March 2024)

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  • Community Health Worker Led Training on Social Determinants of Health in Healthcare and School Health Settings

    Sherman Webb-Middlebrooks, CHW; Renee Cadzow, PhD

    (NYSPHA, April 2021)

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Archive

  • Cultural Competency / Health Literacy Training Report of Project Phase 2

    Report

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, CHW

    (March 2019)

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  • Introduction to Cultural Compentency

    Presentation

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Roberto Del Carpio Diaz, MD, MPH; Regina Makdissi, MD, FACP, SFHM; Janet Sundquist, MD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (Society for General Internal Medicine regional meeting, November 2018)

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  • Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Western New York Analysis of the Local Workforce

    Report

    Renee Cadzow, Ph.D; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (December 2016)

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  • Assessment of Western New York Community Health Worker Workforce & Community Health Worker Employers

    Report

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW; Erin Verhoef, MLS

    (October 2016)

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  • Why New York State Still Needs Single Payer Health Care

    Jacqueline MacKellar; Sam Magavern

    (December 2014)

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  • The Business Case for Community Health Workers

    White Paper

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (October 2014)

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  • Community Health Workers: Promising Practices in Buffalo, NY

    White Paper

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (October 2014)

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  • A Case Study of The Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo, NY

    White Paper

    Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

    (July 2014)

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  • Coordinated School Health in the Buffalo Public Schools: Statement of Need and Recommendations (2013)

    Policy Suggestion

    Renee Cadzow, PhD; Sam Magavern, JD; Jessica Bauer Walker BA, CHW

    (June 2013)

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  • Community Health Workers: A Holistic Solution for Individual and Community Health

    Sam Magavern, JD; Jacqueline MacKellar; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA

    (November 2012)

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  • Challenges & Opportunities of Community Health Workers in Buffalo, NY

    White Paper

    Kathleen Grimm, MD; Jessica Bauer Walker, BA

    Illustrations by Ajmal Millar

    (January 2011)

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