1. Community Engagement Subcommittee – Update
RTRN is supported by grant number U54MD from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.
                     
Community Engagement Subcommittee – Update
Angela U. Sy, Dr.P.H.
Margaret Hargreaves, Ph.D.
Co-Chairs
Steering Committee Meeting
December 13, 2016

2. Community Engagement Subcommittee
Objective
Fosters collaboration among the academic investigators, community organizations, community researchers, and industry researchers in translational research that yield health-promotion and disease-prevention interventions and clinical care that is relevant to and accessible by community members and feasible for implementation by programs that serve their communities.
Disseminates accurate and easy-to-understand information about health research in general and community-engaged research in particular and serves as a resource to support health research literacy for RTRN communities.
RTRN is supported by grant number U54MD from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.

3. Community Engagement Subcommittee
Members
Margaret Hagreaves PhD: Meharry Medical College
Kristi Mena, PhD: University of Texas-El Paso
Kimberly Pounds, PhD: University of Texas- San Antonio
Angela Sy, DrPH: University of Hawaii at Manoa
RTRN is supported by grant number U54MD from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.

4. Collaboration and Dissemination
Activities
Outcomes
FOA webinars to encourage community-engaged research grant applications and collaborations
Workgroup formed for collaborative grants on obesity and pragmatic research
Focus on RTRN research priorities, e.g., community participation in research trials, obesity research
Learning and Action for Community Health from carryover; grant and publication workgroup
Please give NIH PA or RFA number; also if you have information on which institutions might be involved in responding to these FOAs.
RTRN is supported by grant number U54MD from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.

5. FOA-Driven Collaboration Activities Interested Institutions
FOA Number
FOA Title
Interested Institutions
PAR
PAR
NIH Surgical Disparities Research (R01) (R21) UH PA PA
Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (R01) (R21)
UPR PA PA
Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages Among Immigrant Populations (R21)(R01)
TBD PA PA
Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions Among Immigrant Populations (R01) (R21)
Please give NIH PA or RFA number; also if you have information on which institutions might be involved in responding to these FOAs.
RTRN is supported by grant number U54MD from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.

6. Community Involvement in Research
FOA Title
Description
PAR
FDA Scientific Grant Conference Program (R13)
Will include RTRN community researchers to discuss practical solutions in recruiting and retaining underrepresented minorities in NIH and industry sponsored clinical research.
NOT-PM
Soon to be Issued Funding Opportunity for All of Us Research Program Community Engagement (OT2)
Learning and Action for Communities in Health formative research results, and other RTRN activities to be responsive to the upcoming FOA
Please give NIH PA or RFA number; also if you have information on which institutions might be involved in responding to these FOAs.
RTRN is supported by grant number U54MD from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health.

7. Challenges and Actions
Grant funding amounts may be insufficient for multi-institutional and community collaborations
Researchers are becoming more familiar with RTRN Community Engagement Cluster with more willingness to collaborate
Individual RTRN researchers may pursue own collaborations, e.g., within own institution, with non RCMIs
Community-engaged collaborative research may take time to build relationships and trust
Previous collaborative experiences may allow more willingness to participate in preparing collaborative grant proposals
Specific funding opportunities to engage communities in research particiaption