UIC SPH Professor Selected Distinguished Fellow

David DuBois, Ph.D., professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, was recently selected as a Distinguished Fellow by the William T. Grant Foundation.

During his two-year fellowship, Dr. Dubois will spend substantial time working directly with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago (BBBSMC) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA). DuBois will work in each of the major operational divisions at BBBSMC. He will shadow staff and participate in activities that will help him better understand the work of front-line staff and how the organization is run.

While at BBBSA, DuBois will be a key member of a task force working on organization improvements to promote evidence-based decision-making. He will also visit other BBBSA site agencies.

“I will use this experience as a basis for furthering my program of research on youth mentoring programs, focusing on how both the effectiveness and reach of these types of programs can be enhanced through utilization of evidence-based decision-making,” DuBois said.

The William T. Grant Foundation created the Distinguished Fellows program to increase the supply of, demand for, and use of high-quality research in the service of improved youth development and well-being. This program gives researchers the opportunity to immerse themselves in practice or policy settings and allows influential mid-career practitioners and policymakers to work and be mentored in research settings.