Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program of the Miami CTSI fosters long-term participatory research collaboration with the community, assists investigators in conducting community-engaged research, offers advice and training in community based participatory, minority health, and health disparities research.

The program can help investigators with the following:

• Links to community partners (individual and orgranizations)
• The use of culturally and linguistically appropriate instruments
• How to compensate research participants
• Advisement on recruitment

• Facilitators Guide
• Student Workbook
• Welcome & Introduction
• Topics:
  • Topic 1: What is Research? Patient Centered Outcomes Research?
  • Topic 2: Ethics: What Does it Mean to Conduct Research in an Ethical Way?
    • Topic 2 Keywords
  • Topic 3: Study Allocation and Randomization: How to ensure all research participants have equal chances, without bias?
  • Topic 4: Different ways to gather research data
  • Topic 5: How to inform the participants about their rights and risks associated with a study?
  • Topic 6: Following the rules and instructions as part of a team
  • Topic 7: How to report the results of a study and to whom?

VIDEO: Community Reviewers Training Session
The Southeast Collaborative for Innovative & Equitable Solutions to Chronic Disease Disparities (P50) Center shows community reviewers how to review pilot project proposals.

Olveen Carrasquillo, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director

Erin Kobetz, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Co-Director