As summer draws to a close, we’re taking time to reflect on our busy calendar of events, the opportunities we’ve had to connect and collaborate with partners, and the insights we’ve gained.
We kicked off the summer in Greensboro, North Carolina, where we participated in the All of Us HBCU Road Tour event. This event was a collaboration with RTI International, North Carolina A&T State University, and the Center for Excellence for Integrative Health Disparities and Equity in Research. North Carolina HBCUs shared their experiences using the All of Us dataset to address health disparities.
Team members of our Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR) program joined the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh team for a retreat in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This provided an excellent opportunity to strengthen our partnership and discuss the needs of our upcoming programs, highlighting the importance and impact of our combined efforts.
At the African Immigrant Health Research Collaborative (AIHRC) Conference: Africanizing the Research Paradigm Summit in Boston, Massachusetts, we learned about African immigrant communities leading COVID-19 and HIV research, the health status of African immigrants in the U.S., and how to develop a community-academic research agenda.
Most recently, we co-organized the Evidence for Action (E4A) and Partners for Advancing Health Equity (P4HE) Transforming Community-Led Health Research Ways of Knowing Symposium in Greenville, North Carolina. Here, our team engaged with community members and advocates in discussions about overcoming systemic barriers to establishing and maintaining genuine community-led health research partnerships.
Our partnerships are invaluable. The opportunities to connect, learn, and advance health equity and social justice will continue to be central to our programs.
