The Center for Community Health Partnership & Research has awarded funding to two projects through its PDSS program. Read more about these community-academic partnerships!
Center funds two new community-academic partnerships
Author: WashU
Forum on medicine, race in St. Louis features center co-director, Vetta Sanders Thompson (Links to an external site)
Vetta Sanders Thompson, the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity at the Brown School and co-director of the Center for Community Health Partnership & Research at the Institute for Public Health, will moderate a panel at the Feb. 25 Forum on Medicine, Race and Ethnicity.
Center calls for non-profit scholarship applications through March 10
If you work with a non-profit organization or government agency and want to learn more about grant writing, management, quality improvement or other skills, submit an application for a scholarship to attend Brown School’s Summer Institute.
Lessons from the life of Henrietta Lacks
In this blog post, read more about the concept of “informed consent” in research.
March 9 Collaborative Café: Working with advisory boards, stakeholders
Join us for the next Collaborative Cafe to learn more about best practices for working with community partner advisory boards and other stakeholders.
Go Red: St. Louis women advised to take charge of heart health (Links to an external site)
Center for Community Health & Partnership co-Director, Angela Brown, MD, who leads WashU’s Hypertension Clinic weighs in on taking charge of your heart health & the Go Red Movement.
Institutes’ Community Advisory Board offers researchers “an experience they don’t want to miss”
The Center for Community Health Partnership & Research says goodbye to previous Community Advisory Board members and rings in a few more in 2023.
As variant cases continue, the Institute collaborates with community & university partners to provide 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Two centers, community health workers and partner community organizations are rallying together to provide Covid-19 vaccines to area communities.
Health inequities in endometriosis care
Practicum student Katie Wiedeman, MSW candidate, writes about diagnostic gaps as just one of the inequities in the care of this common women’s condition.
Washington People: Vetta Sanders Thompson (Links to an external site)
Our Center for Community Health Partnership & Research’s own Vetta Sanders Thompson, co-director, is dedicated to racial identity, diversity and health.
AHA News: Keeping High Blood Pressure at Bay for the Holidays (Links to an external site)
Center for Community Health Partnership & Research co-Director, Angela L. Brown comments on leading risk factors for heart attack and stroke.
Considerations for data-sharing and community-engaged research
Read more about new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy.
Center awards grants to three community-academic partners for cancer prevention and research
Through the Institute for Public Health Pitch Partners’ funding mechanism, three area cancer awareness and prevention organizations have been awarded grants that will help further cancer equity in the St. Louis region.
Partnership Development and Sustainability Support Program (PDSS) Awardees Announced (Links to an external site)
Each year, the Institute for Public Health supports the Partnership Development & Sustainability Support Program for local community organizations. Read about the 2022 awardees.
Center offers resource for effective & equitable project collaboration
The Center for Community Health Partnership & Research offers a new resource page on how to establish and maintain collaborative relationships to meet community needs.
Center helps promote the development of language access plans to benefit immigrants
Does your organization have a language access plan in place? Read more why these plans are vital to the individuals with limited English proficiency.
Collaborative Café Equity Series resumes in June!
The popular Collaborative Cafe series on Equity and Equity in Research resumes in June with dynamic speakers and relevant discussion.
Center awards professional development funding to community organizations
Each year, the Center for Community Health Partnership & Research awards scholarship funds to individuals working with non profits and governmental health organizations. Read about the 2022 scholarship recipients.
The contagion sweeping the nation: Anti-trans legislation
Read more about the current state of anti-transgender legislation as summarized by MPH candidate, Ola Adebayo.
Institute congratulates center co-director on new Siteman Cancer Center role
Co-Director of the Institute’s Center for Community Health Partnership & Research, Vetta Sanders Thompson has signed on for additional responsibilities at Siteman Cancer Center. Read more about her new role.