Sharita Liser

Yale-Howard Scholar '06

Prior to coming to Howard, Sharita had earned a BA in Biological Anthropology and Anatomy from Duke University. She then worked for four years as a Medical Assistant in a physician practice in Washington D.C. Sharita's grandmother, who will be 90 years old in October, 2006 was a registered nurse and a Howard graduate. "By pursuing nursing as a career and by doing it at Howard and focusing on health disparities, I feel like I am honoring my grandmother's memory," she said.

Sharita was mentored by Drs. Lawrence Scahill and Karen Bearss and from YSN and the Yale Child Study Center. Her presentation was titled, "Cultural Sensitivity of a Manualized Parent Training Program in a Community Mental Health Center."

"Theoretical proposals may not always fit with vulnerable populations," explained Sharita. "I found that teaching materials need more representative scenarios, especially with regard to the concept of respect from the point of view of different cultural backgrounds. Language and literacy level should also be taken into account. My ideas for future study include developing data on parent training program use with minority populations."

Sharita is a dedicated volunteer at her church, First Babtist Church of Glenarden in Landover, MD, and plans to "fuse my faith and my ambition to become a nurse practitioner and in that role help mobilize the church community to help address the mistrust about the health care system that is prevalent in my community."

Yale-Howard Scholars 2006

• LeSabre Bowens
• Sharita Liser
• Foluke Oladeinde
• Oluseyi Sofoluwe

Yale-Howard Scholars 2005

• Katherine San Gabriel
• Nightingale Gacheru
• Richard Phillips
• Jessica Holmes

Yale-Howard Scholars 2004

• Stella Akintomide
• Gilberto Andino
• Eric Foster
• Dwignt Hampton
• Olivia Pessima

Yale-Howard Scholars 2003

• Tracy Brewington
• Krystal Perkins
• Jessica Campbell-Hamilton
• Graciella Rodriguez-Santos
• Chinenye Udemezue

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