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Join a forum on community-based participatory research resources and opportunities

Posted June 18, 2009

“Community-based Participatory Research: Building Community Partnerships to Advance Research”

June 29, 2009, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Duncan Reid Conference Room (link to directions)
ASB-1-2, 2nd floor
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis Street, Boston

Researchers and community partners are invited to join this networking and educational event focused on resources that support community-based participatory research (CBPR) at Harvard, featuring:

  • Resources for conducting CBPR within Harvard Catalyst and Harvard-affiliated hospitals

  • Presentations from Harvard-affiliated CBPR researchers and their community partners

  • A Q&A panel

  • A networking reception

Featured speakers will include:

LeRoi Hicks, M.D., M.P.H.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Karen Hacker, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director, Institute of Community Health
Senior Medical Director for Public and Community Health
Cambridge Health Alliance

Cheryl Clark, M.D., M.S., Sc.D.
Center for Community Health and Health Equity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Heidi Behforouz, M.D.
Medical and Executive Director, Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) Project
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jennifer Allen, D.Sc., M.P.H., R.N.
Center for Community-based Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Delia Wolf, M.D., J.D., M.Sci.
Director, Office of Human Research Administration
Harvard School of Public Health

A Harvard Catalyst Research Navigator will also be present.

Light refreshments will be provided.

RSVP by June 26 to Ann DiGirolamo, Ph.D., M.P.H. For more information, contact Cheryl Clark or Ann DiGirolamo.

Click here to download a flyer for this event.

This event is sponsored by the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Program of the Harvard Catalyst Community Engagement Core and the Center for Community Health and Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

The CBPR Program draws on the expertise of the Institute for Community Health, the Harvard School of Public Health Division of Public Health Practice, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Center for Community-Based Research.