CCTS Co-Sponsors Community Health Research Conference
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In October 2022, CCTS co-sponsored a Community Health Research Conference that highlighted the contributions of community-academic partnerships and community organizations to the health and wellbeing of their communities.
The conference was spearheaded by the Chicago Consortium for Community Engagement (C3), a network of academic research institutions and community stakeholders that leverage the community engagement resources within Chicago’s Clinical and Translational Science Institutes (CTSIs). They seek to maximize the impact of community-engaged research in order to improve population health and health equity throughout greater Chicago.
The conference joined researchers, community stakeholders and local policy makers who share a common vision for a healthier Chicago. A keynote talk from David Stovall, PhD, professor of black studies, criminally, law and justice at University of Illinois Chicago, noted how the research community must bear in mind that the people experiencing trauma often have the best insights into how to solve problems.
In addition to the keynote and panel discussions, a poster session highlighted over 45 community-facing research efforts occurring throughout Chicagoland.
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Community Champion Award
Promising Research Project
Ever Thrive Illinois: “Pregnancy and Postpartum Experiences on Chicago neighborhoods with increased adverse maternal outcomes: a community centered qualitative study”
Emerging Researcher Award
Stephanie Torres, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
UIC College of Education
The Trauma Informed Care Champion Award
Peace in Pilsen Initiative: “Peace In Praxis”
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This event was supported by the Chicago Department of Public Health, UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Chicago’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Alliance Chicago.