Engagement in Research 101: Introduction to Engaging Patient & Community Partners in Research

In this online training, we use engaging, interactive methods to provide an overview of engagement in research, highlighting that engagement is not “all or nothing” or “one-size-fits-all”, but instead encompasses a wide variety of low touch to high touch approaches that could be right for your study. The session will cover common myths/misconceptions about engagement in research, benefits of and key considerations for engaging patient and community partners in research and initial steps/existing resources attendees can leverage to begin engaging partners in research. We will use interactive polls, “chat storms” and breakout rooms to make the session interactive.

Presenters:

• Alicia Bilheimer, MPH – Director, Engaged Science (NC TraCS)
• Veronica Carlisle, MPH, CHES – Senior Community Health Educator (UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center)
• Nisha Datta, MS – Project Manager, Patient & Clinical Engagement (NC TraCS)
• Simone Frank, MPH – Project Manager, Community Engagement in Research (NC TraCS)
• Milenka Jean-Baptiste, MPH – Qualitative Research Specialist (NC TraCS)
• Jennifer Potter, MPH, CHES – Senior Program Manager for Clinical Outreach (UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center)
• Members of the NC TraCS Community and Patient Advisory Board (CPAB) and Lineberger Community Advisory Board (CAB)

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