Community Engagement
Columbia University
The mission of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is to advance discoveries, knowledge, and innovation to improve human health across the lifespan for diverse populations in upper Manhattan and around the world. By mobilizing and connecting Columbia University’s researchers, we aim to create a seamless integration of community and academic partnerships. Our commitment to train a multi-faceted workforce, provide vital resources to researchers, and improve the efficiency of research processes, promotes the collaborative team science framework needed to translate research discoveries into effective interventions that address current and future health concerns.
We provide over 70 different services and programs focused on education and training, seed funding, bioinformatics, biostatistics, clinical research, lifespan research and special populations, regulatory knowledge and bioethics, an off-site community facility and health informatics websites.
January 12, 2023The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) released its 2023 READI Programming offerings last month. Inspired by insights gleaned from READI news articles, conversations and feedback from the Mission: Health Equity Challenge Series, we will offer three tracks for exploration throughout the year. The tracks are: READI Research Policy Impact; READI Special Populations Roundtable
-Tufts University BostonTufts CTSI is offering a 1-credit course “Health Care Activism, Community Health, and Patient-Centered Research” this spring. The course meets Tuesdays 2:30 - 5:00PM, March 7 through April 18, and there will be a virtual option for participation. Registration is open to all. Course Description: This introductory course covers three approaches to stakeholder and community engagement in health
The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University announces a research faculty position to begin in Fall 2023 in community-engaged research. Community-engaged research centers around collaboration with community stakeholders to co-design, conduct, and disseminate research that benefits health and equity. Community engagement is a major area of study and practice for translational
November 15, 2022A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team in Northwest Arkansas will study a potential way to improve health outcomes of pregnant Marshallese women using group-based care and health care navigators. Led by former UAMS Translational Research Institute KL2 Scholar Britni Ayers, Ph.D., the study of maternal health care involving small groups of women, known as
-Boston University Medical CampusJoin the Boston University CTSI Community Engagement Program when they host leaders of the Boston Medical Center Health Equity Accelerator. Elena Mendez-Escobar and Thea James will discuss systems changes at BMC to advance health equity and share strategies to engage community to ensure access to equitable care at BMC in a discussion moderated by BU CTSI CE Program Co-Directors Linda Sprague
Cincinnati Children's CCTST Community Engagement Core and the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology has a 2-year research fellowship position focused on community engaged research (CEnR). In addition to being mentored and gaining research experience, the fellow will be a member of the Core Community Engagement Research Team which involves attending monthly meetings and working
Georgia CTSA receives $73.7 million to accelerate clinical and translational research across Georgia
October 07, 2022The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $58.6 million over the next five years to the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) to continue its efforts to advance the quality of clinical and translational research and transform research results to impact health in the state of Georgia and beyond. In addition to NIH funding, the Georgia CTSA will receive $15.1
-University Of Alabama At Birmingham"Rights to Health: Where do we go from here?" Presented by the CCTS, the Community Engagement Institute Symposium is annual opportunity to collectively harness experience and perspectives surrounding complex topics. This year’s theme addresses barriers to health equity and ways that communities can work together to build momentum toward sustainable change. We invite you to join the conversation asThe Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center (HCC, or Hollings) is looking to hire a full-time Assistant Director for the Community Outreach and Engagement program located in Charleston, SC. This position will report to the Director of Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) and Associate Director of Population Sciences and Cancer Disparities. This position will oversee
University Of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUTMB’s Institute for Translational Sciences Community Engagement Studio (CE Studio) is based upon the highly effective model of engagement developed by the Meharry-Vanderbilt CTSA CEC. Intended to be a guidance session for researchers, the studio provides community and patient input on research questions and logistical advice on design and implementation including such issues as recruitment, study
September 14, 2022Black Americans are twice as likely to experience a stroke and face worse outcomes compared to their white peers. But a new project supported by the University of Minnesota CTSA is working to change that. The community-engaged research study started with focus groups and is now turning its attention to training “stroke champions” who can educate the rest of their community. Niloufar Hadidi, PhD
August 25, 2022A research study of African Americans with cardiovascular disease suggests religious practices and spirituality may contribute to heart health. The study's authors assert that recognizing the importance of religious practices and spirituality in the lives and health of African Americans may be key to improving patient care and reducing heart health disparities in African American communities
August 25, 2022Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo’s largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that
August 22, 2022The social determinants of health — the conditions in which a person lives, learns, works, and plays — account for 80 percent of health outcomes, but they’re almost never used in medical care. “So much affects health outcomes beyond what happens at a medical facility, such as education, access to transportation, financial stability, and more,” says David Haynes, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the
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Introduction:
Prior to the COVID pandemic, many CTSAs employed face-to-face interactions to conduct most of their community engagement (CE) activities. During the COVID pandemic, such engagement had to be curtailed and alternatives needed to be formulated. In addition, Community Engaged Research (CEnR) teams refocused their efforts to address this public health crisis. 
June 29, 2022The SC Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) at the University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is planning a broad range of projects to support and improve clinical and translational research through renewal of a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science in the U. S. National
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June 13, 2022The massive volume of messages we all have received about COVID-19 led the World Health Organization to coin the term “infodemic”: too much information, including false or misleading messages, in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak. Though academics will be studying the toll of this misinformation for many years to come, we know it has been massive. One way the National
June 03, 2022A youth shelter and University of Minnesota researchers teamed up to address the unmet needs of pregnant or parenting teens who are also facing homelessness. This vulnerable group often slips through the cracks of social services, finding themselves both ineligible for shelter and with few healthcare resources to meet their unique needs. Janna Gewirtz O'Brien, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor at
-Meeting Theme: Achieving Health Equity through the Science of Translation
Boston University Medical CampusCCR is a free, self-paced online training for community members interested in learning more about partnering with academic researchers. CCR was adapted from the Connecting Community to Research training developed by Boston University researchers and community partners with support from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
April 28, 2022Distrust can lead people to put up walls. For communities of color, past abuses, such as the Tuskegee Experiment, left them wary of scientific research. That distrust has been further fueled by the on-again, off-again relationship some researchers have offered these communities. Keen at first to engage them to gain data for their studies, some researchers disappeared once funding ran out, often
April 27, 2022The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced four recipients of the 2022 Innovations to Bolster Community Trust and Engagement in Science Award, with three of those four recipients being supported by the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program. First Prize Winner: University of Florida, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) First place was
-University Of Massachusetts Med Sch WorcesterHear from experts about community-engaged interventions that promote behavioral health equity, the role of community/patient engagement in advancing behavioral health research, as well as community perspectives.
April 22, 2022Somali and Latino immigrants lost weight when they worked together in culturally specific groups and received coaching by someone from their community. The Mayo Clinic’s pilot study was such a success it’s being replicated on a larger scale.
April 22, 2022Featuring the CTSC’s Community Engagement Director, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, brief clips were produced that engage multiple Sacramento, California leaders in raising awareness of the continued importance to vaccinate against COVID-19. Geared toward the Latino population, these vibrant public service announcements (PSAs) effectively promote early and continued vaccination among all ages.
April 22, 2022Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the CTSC Community Engagement Program, co-chaired the National Academy of Medicine Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement in Health and Health Care workgroup webinar on March 30, 2022. This initiative more than 3 years in the making is impactfully contributing to the field of Community Engagement. View the-
April 22, 2022Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the CTSC Community Engagement Program, co-chaired the National Academy of Medicine Assessing Meaningful Community Engagement in Health and Health Care workgroup webinar on March 30, 2022. This initiative more than 3 years in the making is impactfully contributing to the field of Community Engagement. View the
The Rapid Research Pilot Program (RP2) is designed to provide support for small, manageable research studies that focus on evaluating novel strategies for the implementation of COVID-19 testing in vulnerable and underserved populations. Researchers seeking funds to conduct COVID-19 testing can apply for up to $200,000 in direct cost funding and, if awarded, will have one year to complete the co