Ashley Kennedy Mitchell, DrPH, MSPH

Ashley Kennedy Mitchell, DrPH, MSPH 

Assistant Professor

Anatomy, Pathology, and Medical Education

Director, MSM Learning Communities

Office of Academic and Community Innovation
Location: NCPC, Room 344-A
Phone: (404) 756-5031
E-mail: akennedy@msm.edu

Education

DOCTORATE:
Georgia Southern University
Degree: Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in Public Health Leadership

GRADUATE:
Meharry Medical College
Degree: Master of Science (MSPH) in Public Health

UNDERGRADUATE:
Vanderbilt University
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Research Interests

  • Interprofessional Education (IPE)
  • Program Evaluation
  • Learning Communities & Environment
  • Small Group Learning
  • Student Learning Communities
  • Professional Development
  • Public Health Leadership & Workforce
  • Data Analysis and Visualization

Specialties

  • Learning Community Design & Implementation
  • Professional Development Curriculum Design
  • Public Health Leadership

Publications

  • Thomas, A. K., Mitchell, A. K., Pollard, K. I. I., Gardner, K. A., Findlay, N., Santos, R., & Zaidi, Z. (2025). The house of the MedEdSCHOLARs: Designing supportive environments for medical education scholarship. Academic Medicine. Advance online publication.
  • Holliday, R. C., Piper, K. D., Trimble, S. X., Dickinson-Copeland, C. M., Mitchell, A. K., Akintobi, T. H., ... & Floyd, V. D. (2023). Moving Morehouse School of Medicine translation Tx research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary translational teams. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4302.
  • Mitchell, A. K., Apenteng, B. A., & Boakye, K. G. (2022). Examining factors associated with minority turnover intention in state and local public health organizations: The moderating role of race in the relationship among supervisory support, job satisfaction, and turnover intention. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 28(5), E768-E777.
  • Mitchell, A. K., Mork, A. L., Hall, J., & Bayer, C. R. (2021). Navigating COVID-19 through diverse student learning communities: Importance and lessons learned. Health Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/HE-01-2021-0012
  • Rivers, D. A., Durham Walker, C., Mitchell, A. K., & Lawrence, S. (2020). Improving the public's health through sustained, multidisciplinary academic and community partnerships: The MSM model. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 8(1), 119-127.
    Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=h_-QVAYAAAAJ&hl=en
  • Mitchell, A. K., Mork, A. L., Hall, J., & Bayer, C. R. (2021). Navigating COVID-19 through diverse student learning communities: importance and lessons learned. Health Education.
  • Adewale, O., Cooper, C., Felix, P., Mitchell, A. K., Savage, J., & Mase, W. A. The Ethics of Parental Refusal to Vaccinate: Costs, Community Safety, and Individual Rights. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 7(2), 98-103, 2019. 3. Randall, K. R., Eatman, D., Mitchell, A. K., & McNeal, M. Using learning communities to successfully navigate through the stages of graduate education at a small medical school. Journal of Advances in Education Research, 3(1), 59-66. 2018.

Honors and Awards

  • 2019: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • 2019: Rising Star Award, Community Health Course, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • 2018: 3rd Place, Beyond Flexner Conference Student Poster Competition
  • 2018: 2nd Place, Excellence in Service-Learning Showcase, Georgia Southern University