Charis Davidson
Contact
- MH Penthouse
- cdavidson7@mercy.edu
Education
DrPH
Health Promotion, Education, and BehaviorUniversity of South Carolina 2016MPH
Health Promotion, Education, and BehaviorUniversity of South Carolina 2010Social Media Links
Charis Davidson
About
Dr. Charis Davidson joined 猛男情报局 in 2020 to support the launch of the undergraduate health promotion concentration in health science. Dr. Davidson has been a since 2015. She teaches courses in program planning, evaluation, and global health. Dr. Davidson is an active presence in public health organizations, she was recently elected governing councilor for the, a member of the, and a founding board member of the Westchester Public Health Network which launched in Spring 2025.
Community engagement is an essential element of Dr. Davidson's work. For the last four years she has provided evaluation and research assistance to Westchester County Department of Health projects. I am a founding board member of the new Westchester Public Health Network which seeks to strengthen the local public health workforce and create local career pathways for students. Both of these partnerships have integrated students into public health practice efforts to increase community capacity
Dr. Davidson teaches courses in the undergraduate health science program, predominantly in the Health Promotion concentration.
Courses she teaches regularly include:
HLSC 250: Global Health
HLSC 350: Health Communication
HLSC 390: Epidemiology
HLSC 395: Health Promotion and Program Intervention
Dr. Davidson qualitatively-driven mixed-methods researcher; her work centers on increasing health equity through partnerships for community empowerment. Some of her recent projects have involved testing a dialogue-based health literacy intervention and exploring the process of university campus tobacco policy change.
Kader, F., Kruchten, S. Collica-Cox, K; Davidson, C., Hewlett, D., Campo, M. (2024) Addressing COVID-19 and health literacy disparities among correctional facility residents through dialogue-based education. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 30(4), 275-284.DOI: 10.1089/jchc.24.01.0010
Pincura, K., Lyons, M., Newton-Riner, J., Davidson, C., Woodard, B., & Hall, W. (2024). The way forward for integrated health sciences programs. Education for Health. 37:4-7
Davidson, C.R. Kramer, M., Schaefer, C., Scherer,S. (2023). Student perspectives on campus tobacco policy: A photovoice study. American Journal of Health Behavior. 47 (5) 1071-1079. DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.47.5.20
Davidson C.R., Turner-McGrievy G.M., Hilfinger Messias D.K., Robillard A.G., Friedman D.B., Schwiesow J., Warren, P. (2020) Campus ministry leaders promoting student mental health at a large public university in the Southeast United States. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 23(1), 67-79. DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2020.1718068
Davidson, C.R., Turner-McGrievy, G.M., Hilfinger Messias, D. K., Friedman, D.B., Robillard, A.G (2019). A pilot study examining religious organization affiliation, sexual health information sources, and sexual behaviors among college students. American Journal of Sexuality Education.14 (1), 32-54. DOI:
Davidson C.R., Turner-McGrievy G.M., Hilfinger Messias, D.K., Friedman, D.B., Robillard, A.G. (2017). Conversations about sexuality on a public university campus: Perspectives from campus ministry students and leaders. Sex Education. 117 (1), 103-118. DOI:10.1080/14681811.2016.1243523
Schoffman D.E., Davidson C.R., Hales S.B., Crimarco A.E., Dahl A.A., Turner-McGrievy G.M. (2016). The fast casual conundrum: Fast casual restaurant entr茅es are higher in calories than fast food. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 116,1606-1612. DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2016.03.020
Turner-McGrievy, G.M., Davidson, C.R., Wingard, E.W., Wilcox, S., Frongillo, E.A. (2015). Comparative effectiveness of plant-based diets for weight loss: A randomized control trial of 5 different diets. Nutrition. 31, 350-358.
Hales, S.B., Davidson, C.R., Turner-McGrievy, G.M. (2014). Varying social media post types differentially impacts engagement in a behavioral weight loss intervention. Journal of Translational Behavior Medicine. 4(4),355-362.
Dr. Davidson was part of the 2024 cohort of the a mentored research training initiative sponsored by the .