| Deborah Puntenney |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2009
Contact: Jen Kauper-Brown (312) 503-2942
The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities
Awards $80K to Community-Academic Collaborations to Improve Community Health
Chicago, IL- The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) at Northwestern University announces the recipients of seed grant funds for projects focusing on community-academic research partnership building and community-based participatory research (CBPR) implementation. Each project includes a community co-investigator from a local community-based organization and an academic co-investigator from Northwestern University for a project lasting 12-18 months.
Grant Recipients and Project Titles:
Partnership Building Grants
Sowing the seeds for a CBPR Partnership: Development of a working relationship between Healthy Southeast Chicago and Northwestern University. Dinah Ramirez, Healthy Southeast Chicago, and Maryann Mason, Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine/Children’s Memorial Hospital.
Westside Health Authority and Physical Therapy: Increasing Understanding to Promote Health. Janine, Lewis, Westside Health Authority, and Gail Huber, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine.
Building the Community of North Chicago. Dick Morehead, Dream Associates, Inc., and Deborah Puntenney, Assistant Research Professor, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, School of Education and Social Policy.
Westside Health Authority and Physical Therapy: Increasing Understanding to Promote Health. Janine, Lewis, Westside Health Authority, and Gail Huber, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine.
Building the Community of North Chicago. Dick Morehead, Dream Associates, Inc., and Deborah Puntenney, Assistant Research Professor, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, School of Education and Social Policy.
Implementation Grants
How Chicago Youth Programs, Inc. Shapes Adulthood Choices and Success. Elizabeth Higgins, Chicago Youth Programs, and Jenifer Cartland, Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine/Children’s Memorial Hospital.
Colorectal Cancer Screening in Japanese American Elders in Chicagoland. Frances Chikahis, Japanese American Service Committee, and Denys Lau, Assistant Professor, Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Feinberg School of Medicine.
Colorectal Cancer Screening in Japanese American Elders in Chicagoland. Frances Chikahis, Japanese American Service Committee, and Denys Lau, Assistant Professor, Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society, Feinberg School of Medicine.
Brief descriptions of each of the funded projects can be found online at: www.nucats.northwestern.edu/centers/cerc/
The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) is a component of the Community Engaged Research Center (CERC), at Northwestern University’s Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute. The program supports and promotes equitable and collaborative partnerships between Chicago area communities and Northwestern University for research that leads to measureable improvement in community health. ARCCs goals and objectives are jointly defined by a steering committee comprised of community-based organizations and Northwestern University faculty.
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach to research respects community input and builds upon the strengths of equitably involving community partners in all aspects of the research process. By combining the knowledge and interests of communities with the expertise and resources of academics, the CBPR approach aims to increase the value of research for both and produce new perspectives, insights, and approaches to improving the health of the community.
For more information about the Seed Grant and ARCC programs, visit www.nucats.northwestern.edu/centers/cerc/
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