Ja'Shondra Pouncy

Ja’Shondra Pouncy, MPH, CHES®, is a Certified Health Education Specialist and holds a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University (May 2019). Upon completion of her studies, she began work supporting projects focused on promoting health equity through community engaged public health research and practice under the direction of Dr. Briana Woods-Jaeger’s THRIVE Research Lab in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at the Rollins School of Public Health. Ms. Pouncy later served as a contractor within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she assisted with the evaluation of a lifestyle interventions summary report and with survey development to better understand the role and effectiveness of community health workers in addressing social determinants of health related to chronic disease prevention. Ms. Pouncy has rejoined Emory University with the EPRC team as the Project Coordinator for an adapted Smoke-Free Homes intervention project.