1. Central Oregon Research Coalition
DATE: MARCH 10, PRESENTED BY: Jackilen Shannon, PhD

2. The CORC Lifecycle
2012 First Working Group Retreat
Partner with COHC, Announce first joint pilot project RFA
Partner with OSU Cascades, Steering Committee
CORC 2.0;
Revitalize, Restructure
Noted grassroots interest in wanting to partner on research projects -- Goal was to support networking and collaboration opportunities
Six letters of intent and 4 full proposals submitted. 1 grant funded. Continued interest in developing sustainable structure for continuing to support local and collaborative research.
Build a structure that will support long term interactions and research.
Mission: To create sustained community and academic partnerships for health related research in Central Oregon.
Changes in OHSU priorities, new structure for CORC realized and monetary support provided.
New Partnerships identified - projects developed
Solidified opportunities for partnership
Central Oregon Research Coalition
Moving Forward TOGETHER

3. What Have We Been Doing? Funding to the region:
2013 – 1 $50,000 pilot award in collaboration with COHC
2015 – 1 $20,000 award (Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute [OCTRI])
– 2 $25,000 awards (Knight Community Partnership Program [CPP])
– 3 $10,000 awards (CPP)
– Upcoming calls for proposals: OCTRI, CPP, Integrated Program in Community Research
Training in the Central Oregon region since 2014
2 Research Readiness Workshops (OSU-Cascades/COCC students); 1 pending
2 Putting Public Health Evidence in Action trainings [how to find / identify / implement] Evidence-Based Interventions; Knight CPP collaboration
Technical Assistance
Evaluation support provided to 14 Transformation fund projects
Human Subjects’ Protection Consultations
New COHC RHIP Proposal assistance – includes direct access to Evaluation Core

4. Technical Assistance
The Central Oregon Health Council has recently released a funding announcement.
Consultation with our office is listed as a requirement prior to proposal submission.
We are really excited about this – we enjoyed doing this with Transformation Fund awardees and look forward to continue working directly with community project leaders.

5. What’s Next?
Understand the Needs in our Community and the Gaps we can help fill
Set Priorities as a Coalition
Identify Coalition Leadership

6. Community Assessments
Why ?
Identify what is already here
Understand what is important
Identify where we can help
Learn about projects in the community
Instrument we used
Started with: Interactive Systems Framework Implementation Model (Capacity + Motivation)
Adapted it (a lot!): Community Research Hub, Input of Community Research Liaison Team
So far….
19 Interviews
7 Sectors
3 Counties (Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson)

7. Interview Question
Who do you consider to be the strong health & wellness organizations/leaders in the community?

8. Who are the Perceived Health and Wellness Leaders and Organizations in our Community?
“I would like to see a regional approach to bring Crook County into the regions health topics. We sit in a silo too often.”

9. Interview Question
What would you say limits your community /organization in conducting research/asking/aswering questions you have around improving health ?

10. Barriers to Conducting Research

11. RESULTS for Immediate Polling Question:
What would you say limits your community or organization from conducting research, that is, asking or answering questions you have around improving health?
Response
Count
Competing internal priorities 9
Lack of funding/money 8
Human Resource bandwidth 7
Lack of knowledge/leaders 5
Less innovation due to less competition/Resistance to change 3
Data access, collection, sharing
Mistrust of research 2
IRB navigation/HIPAA compliance 1
Lack of evidence-based interventions available
Lack of impact on policy change
Time needed to see results/pace of research
Total 41

12. Interview Question
What are your interests and priorities around research training?

13. Interests in Research Training
“Data can be overwhelming and scary”

14. RESULTS for Immediate Polling Question:
What type of training topics would benefit you and/or your organization most?
Response
Count
Project Design 8
Grant Writing /Funding Mechanisms 5
Research Readiness/Research 101
Study coordination/research staff training 4
Literature Search/Interpreting Journal Articles 2
Data Collection/Analysis/Presentation
Population health
Schools and Science careers 1
Other--Use the 2nd side of your paper form to give us another answer
Total 30

15. Interview Question
Do you think that the idea of creating /supporting a research coalition to build research capacity, and a university partnership is a good idea? why?

16. Is a Research Coalition a Good Idea?
Yes, there is interest and a need!
“There is no umbrella organization that is helping us to grow health and wellness. It is more grass roots, working in silos.”

17. Interview Question
Where would you say most of the motivation behind improving health and wellness in the community is coming from?

18. Motivation Behind Improving Health and Wellness
“I think there is a high degree of interest on what is working and having expertise since health and wellness is a broad subject.”

19. RESULTS for Immediate Polling Question:
From where would you say your interest and motivation behind improving health and wellness comes?
Response
Count
Personal Stories/Passion/Compassion 12
Education 4
Parks and Recreation/Environment 3
Behavioral/Mental Health 2
Other--Use the 2nd side of your paper form
to give us another answer 1
For profit/Business Model
Total 23

20. “At the heart of it all we all want to do a better job.
“At the heart of it all we all want to do a better job.
Sometimes the surface level intention is around guidelines requirement and responsibilities.
But at the end of the day, most want to make life better for those around them.”

21. What is a Coalition?
- A group of individuals and/or organizations with a common interest (RESEARCH!) who agree to work together as a common goal

22. What is my Role as a Liaison?
Help locate funding opportunities
Project design & grant writing assistance
Providing letters of support
Identifying and accessing biostatistical expertise
Connections to human subjects protection consultation
Coordinating or leading training opportunities for research best practices

23. CORC Present CORC Mission:
Create sustained community and academic partnerships for health related research in Central Oregon.
CORC Vision:
Increase funding and opportunities for innovative research to improve health outcomes in Central Oregon.

24. CORC’s Current Capabilities
CORC now has employed a Community Liaison
Identify and support existing research expertise in Central Oregon
Statewide connections to support research best practices
Originally developed by community leaders
CORC Website

25. Our Future!