MEHARRY-VANDERBILT COMMUNITY- ENGAGED RESEARCH CORE (CERC) COMMUNITY SCHOLARS AWARD INFORMATION MEETING

Welcome and Introductions

Purpose and Mission of CERC  Created to bring clinical and translational investigators together with community partners to:  Shape and support innovative CER  Provide organizational and financial support to build and sustain partnerships  Improve health and health care through sustained academic-community partnerships  Engage community partners through the clinical and translational research enterprise

Investing in New Generation of Community Scholars  Grow the number of and support for academic researchers who conduct CER by increasing training opportunities for students and faculty

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TitleCollaborators Public-Private Partnership Addressing Literacy/Numeracy to Improve Diabetes Care VU Institute for Medicine and Public Health (VIMPH), TN Dept. of Health, VU Diabetes Res. & Training Ctr. CASTLES VU Center for Health Services, VUMC Pediatrics, Metro Nashville Parks An Innovative Approach to Preventing Depression in African American Girls. VU Peabody, U of Chicago, Boys & Girls Club of West TN, Madison Co. Health Dept., TN Voices Growing Right Onto Wellness: Changing Early Childhood BMI Trajectories VUMC Pediatrics, VU IMPH, Metro Nashville Parks, Nashville Public Library Nutrition, physical activity, and obesity program evaluation services VU, Tennessee Obesity Task Force Preventing the Onset of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes in Latino Families VIMPH, VUMC Pediatrics, Metro Parks, Nashville Latino Health Coalition, Alignment Nashville Davidson Partners National Children’s StudyVIMPH, Metro Nashville Health Department Obesity Prevention Among Latina GirlsVIMPH, Nashville Latino Health Coalition Improving Health Communication to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity VIMPH, Meharry Dept. of Pediatrics, Metro Nashville Health Dept. Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood Obesity VIMPH, NYU, UNC, University of Miami African American Maternal Infant Health Initiative VU Center for Health Services, United Neighborhood Health Services Salud AmericaVIMPH, VU Pediatric Primary Care Clinic, Metro Nashville Parks, Nashville Latino Health Coalition, Books from Birth, VCHIP, National Latino Children’s Institute Centennial Pediatrics CERC Research-Community Partners Grants

Aims for Current Grant Cycle AIM 1 Research Infrastructure To advance innovative community-engaged translational research. AIM 2 Researcher Training Grow the number of and support for academic researchers who conduct community engaged research AIM 3 Building Community Capacity To enhance capacity of community organizations collaborating partners in community-engaged translational research. AIM 4 Practice Based Research Networks To establishment of collaborative research networks in community clinical practices. AIM 5 Evaluation To measure and evaluate the impact of CERC on research infrastructure, research activity and community health.

Mini Grants to Support Academic- Community Partnerships  Maximum grant amount: $5,000  Average grant size: $4,035  34 projects, $134,072  Recent awards:  Facilitators of Prenatal Care among Urban Women  Defining and Managing Homelessness in Rural East Tennessee  Next cycle: March 17

Community Engagement Studio  Community Experts provide feedback to enhance design, implementation, translation dissemination of a research project  Provides a voice for community  Increases researchers’ understanding of community  Improves feasibility, success

Building Researcher Capacity  Community Research Scholars  Grad students get support for research activities plus support for community partner  Post-Doctoral Fellowships  2 faculty Meharry  Training, consultation with research faculty & staff  Partnership building support

Building Community Capacity  Community Research Forum  Help community organizations develop their own research agenda  Community Research Day  Opportunity for community organization to present research to academic researchers  Training sessions and consultation  Partnership building support

Training Modules  Community Engaged Research Ethics  Building Sustainable Partnerships  How to Conduct a Focus Group  Community Based Participatory Research  Community Based Recruiting  Using Community Assets in Research  Evidence Based Advocacy  Research 101  Nashville Neighborhoods 101  Developing a Community Research Agenda

Web-Based Resources User-created profiles and matching algorithms to identify potential research partners based on geographic location, expertise, research interests, and other characteristics. Resource repository for community engaged research including journal articles, training modules, sample documents, toolkits, videos, etc.

Dissemination  Monthly Works-In-Progress meetings  Presentations on current academic-research partnerships  Training on community engaged research  Networking  Community Research Partners newsletter

Identifying Community Partners

CERC APPLICATION PROCESS

Next Step  Identify a community partner  Identify faculty mentor  Complete Application Process