community engaged scholars program teams selected

 The Center for Community Health Partnerships will begin a Community  Engaged Scholars Program in August 2009. This program will provide training, pilot funds, and mentorship for six teams consisting of an academic and community partner(s) who have interests in community-based participatory research (CBPR). The goal of this program is to increase the capacity of academic-community partnerships to conduct research with mutual ownership of the processes and products, and ultimately, improve the health of our communities in South Carolina and beyond.

After successfully completing the CES Program, participants will meet the following competencies:

1. Understand the concepts and compoments of community-based participatory research
2. Apply CBPR principles in the conduct of research
3. Incorporate CBPR principles and approaches in grant proposals
4. Demonstrate CBPR efforts in a career portfolio
5. Communicate with audiences in both academic and community settings about CBPR principles and components
6. Implement a pilot CBPR initiative

Six teams have been selected to participate in the inaugural year of the program. These teams represent academic disciplines from across the MUSC campus and partners from various community sectors. The teams that have been selected to participate are:

1. Dr. Susan Newman - Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Gwen Gillenwater - Executive Director, disAbility Resource Center  (Unmet health needs of individuals with disabilities in the Tri-County area)
2. Dr. Carol Wagner - Professor, Pediatrics/College of Medicine, Joyce Winkler, MPH - Director of Nursing, Eau Claire Community Health Center Cooperative, Gloria Warner, MA - Chief Operations Officer, Eau Claire Community Health Center Cooperative, Carolina Rodriguez-Cook - Research Assistant, Eau Claire Community Health Center Cooperative (Importance of Vitamin D as it relates to health status and disease)
3. Dr. Renata S. Leite - Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine, Angela C. Brown - President, Red Top Improvement Association (Periodontal disease prevention in the Gullah community)
4. Dr. Holly Wise - Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Cindy Dodds, MHS, PT - Pediatric Physical Therapist, Pattison's Academy (Improving the quality of life for children with severe disabilities in the Lowcountry)
5. Dr. Kristin Wallace - Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology, Dr. Katherine Sterba - Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology, Debbie Bryant, MSN - Director, Outreach Services, Hollings Cancer Center, Rev. Remus Harper - Pastor, Mt. Carmel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Jeannette Jordan - Pastor, The Church, Christian Disciples of Christ (Cancer prevention and wellness in the faith-based, African-American community)
6. Dr. Janet Grossman - Professor, College of Nursing, Charlotte Anderson - Director, 211 Hotline, Trident United Way (Youth & Community suicide prevention)

For more information please contact Melissa Cox at coxme@musc.edu or 792-2215.