Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research 2013 Community Engagement Symposium

The purpose of MICHR's Annual Community Engagement Symposium is to enhance collaboration between researchers and community-based, nonprofit, and governmental organizations interested or engaged in clinical and health research. Academic and community partners will have opportunities to network, share their research and experience, and develop skills to become engaged and effective partners.
This theme of this year’s symposium The Power of Partnerships: Improving Research and Health Outcomes will focus… Show more on the importance of community involvement and leadership in the research process and how both communities and researchers benefit from partnership approaches.
Bus Transportation Information: Bus transportation will be provided from specific locations in the cities of Flint and Detroit. If you plan to take the bus, please indicate this on your registration form. For more details, including pick-up/drop-off locations and times, please contact: Detroit Bus : Karen Calhoun, karen@cityconnectdetoit.org, or Zachary Rowe, zrowe@friendsofparkside.org Flint Bus : Kent Key, kkey25@aol.com
Symposium Agenda: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Poster Session
Posters will showcase a broad range of topics related to community-university partnered research (e.g. partnership development, participatory methods, dissemination strategies). 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks
Marc Zimmerman, Co-Director of Community Engagement with Community-Based Organizations, Opis, Michr, Director, Prevention Research Center of Michigan & Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, Chair, Health Behavior and Health Education, U-M School of Public Health 10:15 - 11:45 a.m. Keynote Presentation: The Importance of Community Academic Partnership in Clinical and Translational Research
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities & Community Engagement Program of the Clinical Translational Science Center, University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Co-Chair, National Clinical and Translational Science Award (Ctsa) Community Engagement Key Function Committee
Alan Richmond, Director, North Carolina Institute for Minority and Economic Development, Jobs and Leadership Development, Community Co-Chair, National Ctsa Community Engagement Key Function Committee, Immediate Past President, National Community Based Organization Network
11:45 - 1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch 1:00 - 1:15p.m. Break 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Workshop/Panel Sessions 1
Culturally-Tailored Community-Based: Recruitment Approaches That Work Panel presentation facilitated by Kanchan Sehgal Lota, Assistant Managing Director, Opis, Michr Don Vereen, Director, U-M Substance Abuse Research Center, U-M School of Public Health, Director, Community Academic Engagement, Prevention Research Center of Michigan Astrid Fishstrom, Project Manager, Friese Lab, U-M School of Nursing Charo Ledon, Executive Director, Casa Latina Joan Kellenberg, Program Manager, Clinical and Health Research Recruitment Program, MICHR
Community Leaders Across the U.S. Call for Health Research Equity and Impact Karen Calhoun, Michr Detroit Clinical Research Associate, Community Co-Facilitator, Michr Community Engagement Coordinating Council Alan Richmond, Director, North Carolina Institute for Minority and Economic Development, Jobs and Leadership Development, Community Co-Chair, National Ctsa Community Engagement Key Function Committee, Immediate Past President, National Community Based Organization Network
The Art of Dissemination: Sharing Your Work With Diverse Audiences Panel presentation facilitated by Celeste Choate, Associate Director for Services, Collections & Access, Ann Arbor District Library, Community Co-Facilitator, Michr Community Engagement Coordinating Council Emily Greenberg, Student, U-M School of Public Health, Advocacy Intern, Ann Arbor Ymca Jimena Loveluck, President/CEO, Hiv/Aids Resource Center Fran Talsma, Policy Clinical Research Associate, Michr Jamie Racklyeft, Director, Communications, MICHR
Strategies for Building and Sustaining Equitable, Effective Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnerships Barbara Israel, Principal Investigator/Director, Detroit Community Academic Urban Research Center Zachary Rowe, Executive Director, Friends of Parkside
Finding Funding Opportunities and Strengthening Grant Proposals for Health Research Karen Downing, Librarian, Foundation Center, U-M Hatcher Graduate Library Debra Warrick, Coordinator, Pilot Grant Program, Michr Tamara Havermahl, Manager, Research Development Core, Michr
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Workshop/Panel Sessions 2*
*All workshops/panel sessions Repeat
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Poster Awards & Closing Comments
Marc Zimmerman, Co-Director of Community Engagement with Community-Based Organizations, Opis, Michr, Director, Prevention Research Center of Michigan & Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, Chair, Health Behavior and Health Education, U-M School of Public Health
Event Partners and Co-Sponsors: T he Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor Ymca, City Connect Detroit, Community-Based Organization Partners, Friends of Parkside, the Deciders project, Prevention Research Center of Michigan, U-M School of Public Health Office of Public Health Practice, U-M Health System Program for Multicultural Health, and Washtenaw County Health Department.

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