The Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program under the Miami CTSI is proud to announce the recipients of its Trustworthiness Seed Funding Opportunity, an initiative aimed at strengthening relationships between researchers and the community.
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The federal government is preparing to reclassify marijuana from a schedule I to a less dangerous schedule III drug. CTSI CASE Program Director and epidemiologist Denise Vidot, Ph.D., sees it as a positive step in changing societal stigma and improving research on its impact on human health.
The Miami CTSI is happy to announce that Hilary Snapp, Au.D, Ph.D., and Denise Vidot, Ph.D., will join its team of esteemed faculty leaders to co-direct the Workforce Development Program and the Community and Stakeholder Engagement Program, respectively.
The Miami CTSI and Health Choice Network have partnered on an NIH-funded initiative known as FoodCom to explore and implement community-led research and interventions around food insecurity.
A human research protections training course that launched this month in Haitian Creole called CIRTification is making it easier for members of South Florida’s Haitian community to collaborate with academic researchers on projects directly impacting them.
In September 2020, while the COVID-19 virus claimed hundreds of lives each day in Florida according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a statewide coalition funded by the NIH centered its efforts on underrepresented groups that bear the brunt of the pandemic’s impact.
