A virtual training, PACE Collaborative Research, will help community and academic partners and partnerships strengthen how they conduct collaborative research. Learn about:

• Collaborative research

• Its relationship with the continuum of community engagement

• Strategies for partnership formation, maintenance, and sustainability

• Benefits and challenges of conducting collaborative research and translational science

Co-led by MICHR’s CE and the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, this is the first of a series of trainings. Presenters include:

• Barbara Israel, DrPH, MPH, Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health and director and founding member of the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center. She has held various leadership roles in CBPR addressing the social and physical determinants of health equity and health inequities.   

• Sherita Smith, MPA, Senior Vice President, Cinnaire Community Connection-Advancing Communities. She has a 20-year history serving Detroit neighborhoods in affordable housing, community development and community engagement and has been involved in substantial CBPR partnerships.