Community Health & Research: Making the Connections

Friday, November 4, 2011
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Hoagland Pincus Conference Center
Shrewsbury, Mass.

The Community Engagement and Research Symposium is part of the five-campus clinical and translational science movement across the University of Massachusetts. It is sponsored by the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS) Community Engagement and Research Section. This website features a collection of posters and other materials contributed by presenters at the symposium.

The 2011 Community Engagement and Research Symposium featured: (view the symposium's complete agenda and schedule in PDF format)

  • Keynote Address: "Massachusetts Health Priorities," State Senator Harriette Chandler, First Worcester District, and Co- Chair, Prevention for Health Caucus (Listen to podcast)
  • Keys to Successful Research Partnerships: The Lawrence Experience (Listen to podcast)
    • G. Dean Cleghorn, EdD, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Chief of Quality Management and Research; REACH NE Latino Center of Excellence for Eliminating Disparities
    • Martha Velez, Executive Director, Lawrence Senior Center
    • Vilma Lora, Co-Director of Women’s Services, YWCA of Greater Lawrence; Coordinator, City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force
  • Sharing Experiences with Academic/Community Partnerships (Listen to podcast)
    • Michael "Mick" E. Huppert, MPH, President & CEO, Community Health Connections Family Health Centers; Fitchburg
    • Toni McGuire, RN, MPH, President & CEO, Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center; Worcester
    • Cristina Huebner Torres, Community Programs & Research Director, Caring Health Centers; Springfield
  • Posters and networking for researchers and community partners

Questions? Contact Phil Merriam or Amy Borg at CommunityEngagement@umassmed.edu.
2011
Friday, November 4th
8:30 AM

A Community-Based Social Networking Intervention to Increase Walking in Dog Owners

Deirdra Murphy, Univerity of Massachusetts - Lowell
Cynthia Ferrara, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Jessica Oleski, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Emily Panza, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Laura Bowen, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Brianne Bozzella, University of Massachusets - Lowell
Kimberly Gada, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Clara Savage, Common Pathways
Stephenie C. Lemon, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kristin L. Schneider, University of Massachusetts Medical School

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Brigham and Women’s Hospital HIV Vaccine Trials Unit: Using Research to Engage Communities in HIV Prevention

Teress Votto, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Kathleen Krause, Brigham and Women's Hospital

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Center for Mental Health Services Research Dissemination Activities

Carl E. Fulwiler, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kathleen Biebel, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Susan Doiron, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Gifty Debordes-Jackson, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lisa M. Smith, University of Massachusetts Medical School

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Eat Walk Sleep Discuss: Building a Multi-Dimensional Participatory Relationship

Heather-Lyn Haley, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Suzanne B. Cashman, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Michael A. Godkin, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Meredith Walsh, Worcester Refugee Assistance Project
Nang Maung, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Toy Lim, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sarah Tracy, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Clara Savage, Common Pathways
James Madison II, Common Pathways

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Mapping Patient Distributions Informs Community-Oriented Primary Care in Four Community Health Centers in Central Massachusetts

Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Clark University
Warren J. Ferguson, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Suzanne B. Cashman, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Rahul Rakshit, Clark University
Heather-Lyn Haley, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Marie Caggiano, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Konstantinos Deligiannidis, Barre Family Health Center
Ben Adler, Fitchburg Community Health Center

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Nutrition Research from Cells to Communities

Patricia Beffa-Negrini, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Elena Carbone, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Nancy Cohen, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Lorraine S. Cordeiro, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Young-Cheul Kim, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Jerusha Peterman, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Alayne Ronnenberg, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Richard J. Wood, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Overcoming Barriers to Perinatal Depression Treatment

Nancy Byatt, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kathleen Biebel, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Liz Friedman, MotherWoman
Jeroan J. Allison, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Douglas M. Ziedonis, University of Massachusetts Medical School

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Understanding Sleep Patterns in the Brazilian Community in Lowell, MA: Perspectives from Community Health Workers and Healthcare Consumers

Geoffry Phillips McEnany, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Eduardo Siqueira, University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Elisa Garibaldi, Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Linda Foley, University of Massachusetts - Lowell

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Using Concept Mapping to Quickly Move a Group from Ideas to Action to Results

James Ryan, Northeast Center for Healthy Communities

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM