Co-Sponsored by the National Center for Research Resources and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

COPR and Community Engagement
Kelli Carrington; Director's Council of Public Representatives (.ppt)   

Keynote—Successful Methods When Working with Communities in Improving Health
Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH; Virginia Commonwealth University (.ppt)   

Panel Discussion I—Community and Academic Partners for Collaborative Translation: Success Stories
Moderator: Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Keith Norris, MD; Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Loretta Jones; Healthy African American Families (.ppt)
Marc Zimmerman, PhD; University of Michigan
E Hill De Loney, MA; Flint Odyssey House Health Awareness Center (.ppt)    

Plenary I—Policy Perspective: Working with Communities on Improving Health
Eric Whitaker, MD, MPH; University of Chicago Medical Center    

Panel Discussion II—Practice-Based Researchers and Academic Health Center Partners in Collaborative Translation
Moderator: Donna Jo McCloskey, PhD; National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health
Claudia Baquet, MD, MPH; University of Maryland School of Medicine
Joy Bramble; The Baltimore Times (.ppt)
Ann Macaulay, MD; McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Treena Delormier, Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, Quebec, Canada (.ppt)

Panel Discussion III—Communities and Practice-Based Researchers: Success Stories in Collaborative Translation
Moderator: Lee Green, MD; University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
Lyndee Knox, PhD; L A Net
America Bracho, MD, MPH; Latino Health Access
Susan Chauvie, RN, MPA,-HA; OCHIN, Portland, Oregon
Mark Spofford, PhD; Kaiser, Center for Health Research (.ppt)   

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009    

Plenary II—Comparative Effectiveness
Carolyn Clancy, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality    

Plenary III—Ethical Issues and Challenges of Partnering with Recent Immigrant Communities
Aida Giachello, PhD; The Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center (MLHRC) (.ppt)    

Plenary IV—Aligning Research with Community Needs: Giving a Voice to Communities to Improve Health Outcomes
Mary Wakefield, RN, PhD; Health Resources and Services Administration    

Panel Discussion IV—Forming and Maintaining Effective Community Engaged Partnerships to Inform Policy
Moderator: Elmer Freeman, Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.
Theresa Cullen, MD, MS; Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services (.ppt)
Jim Mold, MD, MPH; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (.ppt)