This presentation will discuss how Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach was used to engage women of African descent in identifying barriers and facilitators to genetic testing for inherited breast cancer. Focus will be on the process of building trust with community team members, fostering equitable partnerships, and ensuring community engagement throughout the entire research process.

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Join ITM's Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Training on April 8, 2025.Speaker Jeni Hebert-Beirne, PhD, MPH, at the University of Illinois Chicago, will discuss Community Engagement through the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Study.

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The CBPR TRA is to train and then provide resources for two ITM investigators. CBPR-TRA investigators can request up to $10,000 in the first year, with $5,000 each for the investigator and community leader. In the second year, teams can propose a pilot CBPR project with a budget of up to $30,000. Apply by April 15.

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Lindsay Sheehan, Ph.D., will give a talk titled “Introduction to the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) Training and Research Award on Community-Based Participatory Research” on February 21, 2025, at 8-9 a.m.

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Join the Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) on January 14, 2025, for a talk titled "Approaches to Community Engagement in Research: Examples from the Chicagoland CEAL Program" with speaker Molly Martin. 

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Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) projects are defined by questions reflecting a focal health condition (e.g., diabetes, arthritis, asthma, or major depression) intersecting with a specific diverse community (e.g., ethnicity, faith-based community, or gender identity). The CBPR  Training & Research Award (TRA) is to train and then provide resources for two Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) investigators.

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