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Community-Centered Dissemination Toolkit available to support research teams
Community and University research teams have a new resource, The Community-Centered Dissemination (CCD) Toolkit, to use when creating communication plans for their research results.
Research teams can follow the guided steps in the CCD…
Keeping Indigenous communities connected during the pandemic
With funding from CTSI, University of Minnesota researchers worked with local Indigenous community partners to develop evidence-based and culturally appropriate COVID-19 resources, creating three distinct fact sheets on staying healthy and…
Four University-Community teams awarded CTSI support for community health research
CTSI’s Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) office awarded four new
Building trust in science through Power of Partnerships 2021
The 2021 Power of Partnerships event focused on building trust in science and the Covid-19 vaccine through community academic dialogue.
Drs. Allen and Berge to co-lead CTSI community engagement
Michele Allen, MD, MS, and Jerica M. Berge, PhD, MPH, LMFT, CFLE, have been named co-directors of CTSI’s Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) function and co-leads of the Community & Collaboration…
CTSI announces new Office of Rural Health, welcomes Drs. Kozhimannil and Henning-Smith
Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, will lead a new aligned rural health initiative for CTSI and the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs (OACA) effective July 2020.
As OACA’s Director of Rural Health Programs, Dr. Kozhimannil will bring…
Nine COVID-focused child health research projects supported with rapid response awards
In partnership with the University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics and Children’s Minnesota, CTSI’s Office of Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) announces nine awardees of the 2020
Creating customized approaches for communities in the fight against COVID-19
To mitigate risk of COVID-19, two University of Minnesota (UMN) researchers are analyzing factors such as race, economic stability, living environment, education, and more to get a more comprehensive, holistic picture of health. This will…
CTSI celebrates community-engaged research at the Power of Partnerships event
In February, community members and U of M researchers gathered in Saint Paul’s Midpointe Event Center to celebrate community-engaged research at the Power of Partnerships poster session and dinner. The annual Power of Partnerships event…
Four teams receive 2020 Community Health Collaborative Pilot Grants
CTSI’s Office of Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) has awarded four teams Community Health Collaborative Pilot Grants for 2020. This is the tenth year that CEARCH has awarded grants to support research…