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186 Community Research Academy: Lifting Community Voices for Equity in Health Research and Innovation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2022

Lula Mae Phillips
Affiliation:
Weill Cornell Medicine Clinical Translational science Center
Jennifer Sarah Tiffany-E
Affiliation:
Executive Director, Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC Programs; Director, Outreach and Community Engagement, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational, Cornell Research, Cornell University College of Human Ecology; Core Director, Community Engagement in Research Component, Clinical and Translational Science Center, Weill Cornell Medicine
Natasha Ashley-Natasha Ashley
Affiliation:
holds lengthy experience in nutrition stemming from being a Public Health Nutritionist Supervisor, Director of Dietary/Registered Dietitian in Florida then continuing in New York where she then followed to be a Clinical Dietician at St. Barnabas Hospital and now the Regional Nutrition Coordinator at Cornell University Cooperative Extension
Agnes Chayka
Affiliation:
Community Engagement and Research assistant-BA
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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: To engage community partners in full spectrum of translational sciences participants will: 1. Develop community-based research projects. 2. Evaluate pilot awards submitted to the Community Advisory Board for funding. 3. Actively participate in the research cores at the CTSC METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The Academy workshop curriculum supports an in-depth examination of the translational research process, introduction to the CTSC Community Advisory Board; as well as to community based participatory research; grant evaluation process, and the need for active community involvement in various cores, and clinical trials. Workshops presented by tenured professionals and community leaders with multi-media out of class assignments. Scheduled sessions were 1 hour, and 15 minutes. Exams given post class session with a mean score of 22.8/30 for session 1 and a mean score of 23.80/30 for session 2. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: The Community Research Academy (CRA) has thus far held for two sessions. Of the 45 enrollees, 20 completed the entire program. Of those, ten have joined the CAB board; and three have actively participated in the pilot award review process. One of the CRA graduates will be publishing her photo novella assignment in Health Affairs. One person changed careers,: and several people have taken all the classes for a second time. Many participants originally came from our faith-based connections. Now word of mouth is expanding the program. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Community engagement ensures that the fresh voices of diverse populations are involved in translational science. Their input ultimately leads to creating novel clinical innovations; such community-driven ingenuity which addresses the deeply felt needs of those communities.

Type
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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