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Health equity · Systems change · Workplace trust

Equity that people can feel, not just read about.

Dr. Sharla Smith helps hospitals, health networks, and organizations turn equity commitments into working systems: funded programs, trained teams, and cultures where people are seen and protected.

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  • Maternal & infant health
  • Grant writing
  • Curriculum development
  • Strategic planning
  • Keynote speaking
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About

A researcher, convener, and builder of systems.

Dr. Sharla Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Director of the Kansas Birth Equity Network.

She facilitates multi-sector coalitions that redesign how maternal and child health care works, and she brings that same practice of building trust, aligning stakeholders, and designing training people actually use to organizations of every kind. Through Strategic & Successful Solutions, she partners with clients who want measurable change, not a one-time workshop.

University of Kansas Medical CenterAssociate Professor, Population Health
Kansas Birth Equity NetworkDirector
Strategic & Successful SolutionsA DBA of Arkan Upscale Living, LLC
Forthcoming authorUnseen No More

Services

Practical support for equity work that has to deliver.

A solutions-driven practice dedicated to helping clients achieve their goals, especially in women’s, men’s, and infants’ health.

Health equity consulting

Assess where care and outcomes diverge, then design realistic, evidence-based paths to close the gaps for mothers, fathers, and babies.

Grant writing & funding

Expert grant writing and funding navigation that turns strong ideas into competitive, fundable proposals.

Curriculum development

Innovative curricula and training that fit your people, your workflows, and your goals, from clinical teams to the plant floor.

Program management & evaluation

Day-to-day program leadership with evidence-based evaluation, so you can show what is working and why.

Strategic planning

Facilitated planning and project management that align leaders around priorities, owners, and measures.

Speaking & workshops

Motivational talks and workshops on women’s health, bias awareness, and trust, for conferences and community events.

Online training

CultureShift 360™
Trust, Awareness & Leadership

Practical training that helps you recognize and respond to bias, build psychological safety, and lead with fairness, so trust is built on purpose instead of left to chance.

  • Understanding bias & cultureHow implicit bias and cultural assumptions shape everyday decisions.
  • Systems of trust & communicationFeedback, active listening, and repairing trust across differences.
  • Fairness in everyday workflowsSpot and reduce subjectivity in hiring, reviews, and promotion.
  • Collective accountabilityTeam agreements that turn values into daily behavior.
  • Leading changeWorking through resistance, trust fatigue, and disengagement.
  • Inclusive strategy & innovationBring more voices into planning and problem-solving.
  • Feedback & learning loopsUse data and stories to keep improving culture.
  • Sustaining trust & team healthPractices and plans that last beyond the training.

Also covered: bias in decision-making and hiring, trust-building in virtual environments, and inclusive communication in hybrid teams.

For organizations

Want the full, on-site CultureShift 360 program?

The online course is the doorway. For companies that want lasting change, Dr. Smith and a nationally respected consulting team deliver a multi-year program tailored to your workforce.

It combines quarterly in-person sessions, executive leadership intensives, live virtual trainings, a self-paced onboarding module for new hires, and an evaluation plan that tracks trust, fairness, and engagement over time.

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Quarterly sessionsFour-day in-person immersions, cross-functional
Leadership intensivesExecutive role-modeling, KPIs, and accountability
Live virtual trainingsHiring bias, virtual trust, hybrid communication
Onboarding moduleSelf-paced, SCORM-compliant, built into HR systems
Strategic planningAnnual sessions with data and culture indicators
EvaluationPre/post assessments, pulse surveys, final culture report

Whole-person wellness

P3: Pastor • Physician • Psychiatrist

Prayer and professional help can work together. P3 Whole-Person Wellness offers education and resource navigation that connects spiritual support, medical care, and mental-health care, founded by Dr. Sharla A. Smith. You do not have to carry everything alone.

SpiritSpiritual supportConnect with pastors, spiritual leaders, or chaplains.
BodyMedical careFind primary-care and women’s-health clinicians through HRSA health centers.
MindMental-health careReach psychiatrists and licensed professionals through findtreatment.gov.
Visit P3 Whole-Person Wellness Take the wellness-team self-assessment

In crisis? Call or text 988 for immediate emotional support.

Coming soon

UNSEEN NO MOREA Womanist Bioethics of Protection, Spiritual Resilience, and Maternal Health Justice

A forthcoming book on how care, faith, and ethics can protect Black mothers, and what it takes to make maternal health justice real.

  • Womanist bioethics
  • Protection
  • Spiritual resilience
  • Maternal health justice
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Contact

Let’s talk about what you want to change.

Consulting, speaking, grant support, or training for your team: send a note and you’ll hear back directly.

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Hours
Mon, Tue, Thu 4–8 pm · Fri 11 am–7 pm
Sat 9 am–9 pm · Sun 4–6 pm