Presented By: Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR)
2013 Community Engagement Symposium
The Power of Partnerships: Improving Research and Health Outcomes
MICHR's fifth annual Community Engagement Symposium, The Power of Partnerships: Improving Research and Health Outcomes, will take place on Tuesday, March 19, at the North Campus Research Complex. Academic and community partners will have opportunities to network, share their research and experience, and develop skills to become engaged and effective partners.
This year's event will include a poster session, keynote address, networking lunch, and workshops on:
Culturally-tailored, community-based recruitment
Community leadership in research
Proposal writing and local funding opportunities
Dissemination and translation for diverse audiences
Strategies for building effective partnerships
Alan Richmond
Keynote speakers this year are Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and Alan Richmond, M.S.W. of the University of North Carolina. They are co-chairs of the National Clinical & Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function Committee.
MICHR invites posters that showcase topics related to community-based research. Poster prizes will be given for first and second place in two categories (student and non-student). Please submit your poster abstract by March 14.
This year's event will include a poster session, keynote address, networking lunch, and workshops on:
Culturally-tailored, community-based recruitment
Community leadership in research
Proposal writing and local funding opportunities
Dissemination and translation for diverse audiences
Strategies for building effective partnerships
Alan Richmond
Keynote speakers this year are Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D. of the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine and Alan Richmond, M.S.W. of the University of North Carolina. They are co-chairs of the National Clinical & Translational Science Award Community Engagement Key Function Committee.
MICHR invites posters that showcase topics related to community-based research. Poster prizes will be given for first and second place in two categories (student and non-student). Please submit your poster abstract by March 14.