Andrea Bradley Ewing, M.A., MPA, is the Director of Community Engaged Research in the Division of Health Services and Outcomes Research at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. For more than a decade Ms. Bradley-Ewing has garnered extensive experience conducting community engaged and community based participatory research (CBPR) studies, including directing large intervention trials exploring the utility of behavioral counseling strategies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to promote health behavior change. She has collaborated with patients and families, heath care providers, and faith and community-based organizations to address health issues including HIV, diabetes, and heart disease affecting underrepresented communities. Most recently Ms. Bradley-Ewing partnered with English and Spanish speaking families on a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funded project to develop resources to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use among pediatric patients and is currently partnering with parents and community organization in developing and refining interventions to increase vaccination uptake among adolescents and coronavirus testing in African American faith communities.