About Us

CCHP's vision is to transform health care and eliminate health disparities by engaging academic-community partnerships in South Carolina and beyond.

CCHP's mission is to engage and partner with communities in research and initiatives that promote health, reduce the risk of illness and disease, and build community resilience.

CCHP's goals are to:

• strengthen capacity for existing and potential MUSC-community partnerships;
• facilitate partnerships that ask the appropriate questions and that reach the appropriate people;
• stimulate the discovery, translation, and dissemination of research in community settings;
• increase the visibility, impact, and sustainability of clinical translational and community based participatory research (CBPR);
• establish mechanisms to sustain the progress of community-based initiatives; and
• improve health outcomes for ALL.

The CCHP is guided by two boards: an interprofessional scientific advisory board and a community advisory board.  CCHP activities are carried out by five major cores: Administrative, Mentoring and Consultation, Research and Evaluation, Partnership, and Dissemination and Translation.

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