We are a team of Miami University professors and students working in partnership with community members to improve health equity by making sure that everyone has access to find recovery housing to help them on their recovery journey.
Who We Are
During prior research funded by Interact for Health, Dr. Cameron Hay-Rollins & Abbe Lackmeyer were told that "luck" was needed to find a recovery house that fit one’s needs.
We believe that
a successful recovery journey
should not rely on luck.
Developed at Miami University, our core team consists of four faculty members across three colleges — Cameron Hay-Rollins in the College of Arts and Science, Michael Bailey-van Kuren in the College of Creative Arts, and Tim Greenlee and Chris Sutter in the Farmer School of Business — and Brian Furnish, Assistant VP of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Additionally over 81 undergraduate students at Miami University have worked on various aspects of this project from research to app design to marketing to sustainability planning. Our core team also included five community members from the greater Cincinnati: Abbe Lackmeyer, Michelle Lydenberg at Interact for Health, Tyler Schmidt at the Lit Movement, Beth Bullock at Brave Choices, and Erica Parks at The HopeLine.
Over the course of 18 months, we developed the mobile app iteratively, regularly consulting with additional community members, recovery house managers, and people with lived experience, and taking their feedback and suggestions to make the app even better.
The final logo was designed by undergraduate Grace Hall working closely with professor Christy Carr. Our social media outreach was launched by students Stephen Shupe and Amber Peskin.
We contracted with Seven Hills Technology to take the prototype app developed by undergraduates Ian Russell and Olivia Bachmeier and finalize it for launch. First launched in 2023, we excited to offer this mobile app and online website free as a public service.
The app will to be maintained and updated at Miami University's College@Elm in perpetuity, as part of Miami's commitment to use academic resources for public good.
With funding from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, we built an academic-community team to take the luck out of finding a recovery house.
Want to learn more?
Contact us using the button below or at rsilience@miamioh.edu and either Cameron or Abbe will be in touch.
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Professor, Founder, Project LeadIt takes a team to make R-silience a reality; I am the person behind the team.
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Project ManagerHappy to chat about how R-silience can help you meet your goals — whether you are in recovery, manage a house, working at the county or regional level trying to streamline recovery housing information access in your area.