Apply by Oct 12 for 2nd National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research, Dec 5-7 in DC!

[Announcement from SCRA-L]

Dear SCRA colleagues,

I am writing on behalf of the planning team for the 2nd National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research, December 5-7 in Washington, DC.  Applications are due Oct 12th!

The forum seeks to advance community-engaged research as a tool for eliminating health disparities by:

1. Deepening the knowledge and skills needed by community partners to successfully conduct community-engaged research, negotiate community-academic research partnerships and serve in national leadership roles;

2. Disseminating the innovative work of community partners that others can learn from and build upon;

3. Engaging in constructive dialogue between community partners and key stakeholders in academic, government and philanthropic sectors to foster mutual understanding and supportive action; and

4. Growing and deepening a national network of community partners that facilitates ongoing professional development and has a significant voice in decisions about research practice and policy.

Please review the attached call for applications and complete the appropriate online application no later than Friday October 12th:

Community partners: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/ccphirb/178387

Academic partners: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/ccphirb/178394

As explained in the attached call for applications, the forum agenda is designed to provide time and space for community partners to learn and strategize together as peers before their academic partners and other key stakeholders join the conversation. Community partners who are involved in partnerships with academic institutions are encouraged to invite an academic partner to apply to attend the forum evening reception and poster session on

Thursday December 6th and the dialogue on Friday Dec. 7th.   Only applications

from academic partners that have a corresponding community partner application will be considered.

For more information, visit the forum webpage at http://bit.ly/UyTkHT

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,

Rahma Osman

CCPH Program Assistant

Funding for the forum is made possible (in part) by 1R13MD007569-01 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences awarded to Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (http://ccph.info) and the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service (http://cchers.org). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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