Sponsored by The Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute in collaboration with the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). Jen Kauper-Brown is the Co-Director of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Program in the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute. She has extensive experience and training in public health and community-academic partnerships, with an emphasis on program development and management, training design and delivery, and network building and facilitation. Her most recent position was with the University of Illinois-Chicago Neighborhoods Initiative. Prior to her move back to the Midwest, Jen was Program Director for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, a national organization focused on promoting health through community-academic partnerships, where she responsible for managing the organization's CBPR-related projects and programs. Community-Based Participatory Research: Combining Scientific Rigor and Community Participation Leads to Better Research and Better Health
Learn about how the NUCATS Institute's Community-Based Participatory Research Program seeks to improve community health and contribute to knowledge regarding community health concerns by bringing community voice and participation into all phases of the research process and creating a more supportive environment for community-engaged research at Northwestern University.
Participants will be able to:
1. Describe the basic principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR)
2. Understand how a CBPR approach can contribute to the validity and relevance of research
3. Identify resources for learning more about CBPR
For more information on this event to to be included on our mailing list for future activities, please email us at nucats-ed@northwestern.edu. For questions during the conference on Friday, May 16, 2008, please call 312-926-2383.
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