2019 Community Engagement and Research Symposium
Friday, March 22, 2019
8:15 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Albert Sherman Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

The 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.

Materials and Presentations
2019
Friday, March 22nd
8:15 AM

Agenda: 2019 Community Engagement and Research Symposium

Community Engagement and Research Symposium

8:15 AM

Keynote and Breakout Session Descriptions: 2019 Community Engagement and Research Symposium

Community Engagement and Research Symposium

8:15 AM

Poster Session: 2019 Community Engagement and Research Symposium

Community Engagement and Research Symposium

8:15 AM

Speaker Biographies: 2019 Community Engagement and Research Symposium

Community Engagement and Research Symposium

8:15 AM
9:30 AM

Building Sustainability in Times of Uncertainty

Matthew Sadof, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate

9:30 AM

Communities for Healthy Living: A Holistic Approach to Engaging Head Start Families to Improve Health Outcomes

Alyssa Aftosmes-Tobio, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Kindra Lansburg, Action for Boston Community Development

9:30 AM

Engaging African Immigrants in Addressing HIV Disparities within the Population

Lorraine Anyango, Tulumbe! Partnership
Mbita Mbao, Tulumbe! Partnership
Dara Oloyede, Tulumbe! Partnership

9:30 AM

Infant Mortality: A Community Engagement Model

Sara G. Shields, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Cathy Violette, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Tasmina Hydery, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Heather J. Alker, University of Massachusetts Medical School

9:30 AM
10:45 AM

Building Capacity in Health Disparities Research

Mona Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham

10:45 AM