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Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) Co-Director Jen Brown has been appointed by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as a member of its Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement.

Established in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act, PCORI funds studies that can help people make informed healthcare decisions, and improves healthcare delivery and outcomes, by producing and promoting high-integrity, evidence-based information that comes from research guided by patients, caregivers, and the broader healthcare community.

PCORI's Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement is instrumental in helping PCORI to ensure the highest patient engagement standards and a culture of patient-centeredness in all aspects of their work. The panel helps PCORI to refine and prioritize research questions, provide needed scientific and technical expertise, offer input on other issues relevant to our mission, and help us model full and meaningful patient and stakeholder engagement efforts.

Request for Information: Science of Engagement Funding Initiative: PCORI is currently considering developing a new funding initiative to advance the science of patient & stakeholder engagement, addressing critical research gaps in making engagement more effective & widespread throughout the research process. Learn more & respond by Nov 19.

The Chicago Consortium for Community Engagement (C3) connects and leverages the resources of Chicago’s community leaders and organizations, including the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), with the resources of the community engagement programs of Chicago’s three CTSA hubs. Recognizing this, C3 took the novel step of creating a coordinator for research and evaluation position within CDPH, a position that Rachelle Paul-Brutus has held since 2017.

“C3 leadership felt like I could fill a need as someone who could connect others,” says Paul-Brutus. “They wanted to create this position within CDPH because they wanted to be responsive to the needs of the health department.” Read more

ARCC Steering Committee Member Kristin Smith (Health & Medicine Policy Research Group) and ARCC Co-Director Jen Brown also sit on the C3 Executive Committee.

Please join us for a conversation to share your thoughts on community-based approaches to address housing, food insecurity/access, and equity during this pandemic and beyond.

Your input is crucial to help us brainstorm and develop appropriate and culturally sensitive research questions for the Community Research Agenda, which will be based on priority areas identified by Healthy Chicago 2025.

November 12th, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM join the Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) to learn from one another, share your thoughts on how to advance community-engaged research, and build new connections. This Virtual Learning Exchange will include insights from ARCC seed grantees and small group discussion time facilitated by leaders of community-academic research teams.

Registration is required. Register here to join!

Note: Sign up is available for an optional Community-Engaged Research 101 Primer to be held at 9:30 am on Nov. 12th just before the Virtual Learning Exchange.