Mixed Methods Members > Melissa DeJonckheere, PhD

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Melissa DeJonckheere, PhD​
​Co-Director, Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Director and Lead Investigator, MYHealth
University of Michigan 
Faculty profile
Dr. DeJonckheere is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Family Medicine. She is an adolescent health researcher specializing in qualitative, mixed methods, participatory, and community-engaged research. Her research focuses on psychosocial influences on health and well-being, particularly among adolescents with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Dr. DeJonckheere is also interested in improving access to and participation in academic research for youth, students, and trainees who have historically been excluded from science and research experiences. She directs the MYHealth Research Training Program, an NIH-funded Science Education Partnership Award (R25) to increase research interest, identity, and self-efficacy in high school students in Southeast Michigan. She leads the Type 1 Diabetes Youth Advisory Council to gather feedback from adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes to inform research.

She was previously a postdoctoral research fellow in the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. Dr. DeJonckheere completed her PhD in Educational Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where she worked on qualitative and mixed methods projects in both the education and health fields.