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Rural Collective helps connect UMN expertise across Minnesota
The University of Minnesota has long and deep roots in rural Minnesota that date back to its founding in 1851. Today, the University employs more than 20,000 faculty and staff members across the state on its five campuses and through the…
Announcing the Project REACH 2024-25 cohort
Six community leaders from rural Minnesota have been selected as the 2024-2025 cohort for Project REACH (Rural Experts Advancing Community Health), a joint initiative of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Program through the Office…
Training module on equity-grounded community-engaged research now available
People interested in forging high-impact community-academic research partnerships have a new, free training module designed to help them do just that. The module, “Building a foundation for community-engaged research,” focuses on what…
CTSI welcomes Dr. Angelica Koch, CEARCH Assistant Director
Angelica Koch, DrPH, has joined CTSI as Assistant Director of our Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) team. In this role, she’ll develop, lead, and sustain community-engaged research initiatives,…
UMN hosts systemwide event on building effective University-community partnerships
Earlier this month, University of Minnesota practitioners, faculty, and researchers and community-serving organizations from four of the University’s five campuses gathered at an inaugural summer institute designed to help participants…
Project REACH 2023-24 cohort aims to advance health equity, access to mental health services, and address racial/cultural disparities for rural communities
Four community leaders from rural Minnesota have been selected as the 2023-2024 cohort for Project REACH (Rural Experts Advancing Community Health), a joint initiative of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Program through the Office…
A stronger dose of community engagement
While in CTSI's A-PReP program, scholar Tou Thao supported the research of Dr. Robert Straka in order to find unique genetic qualities of Hmong communities to help them receive better healthcare.
Three University-community grantee teams to address local health equity
The Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) office has named three new collaborative teams as recipients of the Community Partnership Grant.
Radical listening to reduce stroke disparities
Black Americans are twice as likely to experience a stroke and face worse outcomes compared to their white peers. But a new project is working to change that.The CTSI-supported study aims to train “stroke champions” who can educate the…
Alexis Swendener named Rural Health Equity Postdoctoral fellow
Alexis Swendener grew up on a cattle ranch in rural western Nebraska which motivated her to study and advocate for the health and wellbeing of rural communities. She graduated with her PhD in sociology from the University of…