● CCH Research Faculty Position

● PCORI Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts - deadline 4/22

● Rita Allen Foundation: Open Call in Civic Science 

● ARCC Resource

●April Resources and Opportunities

● Request CCH

Consultation Support

In Cycle 1 of Round 15, the Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) awarded $22,500 in Partnership Development seed grants to support the development and growth of 3 community-engaged research partnerships to improve health equity. Each award supports a partnership that includes a community lead from a local community organization and an academic lead from Northwestern University.

Abstracts for each funded partnership are available here.

Bringing Healthy Equity to Southwest Chicago. Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, Academy for Global Citizenship and Melinda Ring, Medicine and Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine

Development of a community-academic partnership to promote racial equity in cardiovascular health. Laura Bailey, Phalanx Family Services, and Bonnie Spring, Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine 

Hughes Who Technologies Studio-Northwestern: Community-Academic Partnership Building Grant. Darryl Hughes and Edye Deloch-Hughes, Hughes Who Technologies Studio-NFP, and Ashley Knapp, Psychiatry, Feinberg School of Medicine

April 20, 2022, 12:00PM - 1:15PM CT

RSVP here.

CCH Faculty Dr. Marquita Wenonah Lewis-Thames, PHD and Paris Thomas, MS, MCHES will be panelists, and facilitator Dr Masahito Jimbo MD, PhD, MPH, FAAFP.

The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities’ (ARCC) Virtual Town Hall will be a space to connect (and reconnect) with our partners and friends around the value and importance of community-engaged research. Through networking time, small group discussions, and solution-oriented workshops aimed at navigating challenges within community-engaged research, ARCC hopes to cultivate a space of listening, power-sharing, intentionality, and authenticity.

Register here for Session 1 (May 25, 10:30am-12:30pm), and here for Session 2 (June 1, 10:30am- 12:30pm). Attendees are welcome to register for either/both sessions, which will offer similar content.

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is now developing the region's next strategic transit plan, the successor to Invest in Transit. Three tracks, which focus on funding, planning, and transparent and collaborative engagement, will advance simultaneously to help articulate a strategic vision that will be considered by the RTA Board for adoption in January 2023.

If you would be interested in participating in a series of six 2-hour Working Group sessions beginning April 20, contact RTA project manager Peter Kersten Peter.Kersten@RTACHICAGO.ORG

Or Subscribe to the Regional Transit Update e-newsletter for regular updates on the 2023 Regional Transit Strategic Plan.

CCH is seeking to fill the vacant Center Administrator positon. The Center Administrator will report to the CCH Director and work closely with administrative staff from Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS) and the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) as well as faculty and staff within CCH. The Center Administrator will oversee all administrative activities for CCH, including serving as a liaison with Human Resources, overseeing space and IT needs for CCH, coordinating CCH faculty meetings, and ensuring coordinate special events and ensure that all CCH written and online descriptions are updated. The Center Administrator will also oversee all fiscal responsibilities, including preparing yearly CCH budgets, tracking expenditures throughout the year for multiple programs that fall within CCH, and overseeing non-sponsored accounts. The Center Administrator will also have experience with extramural grant submissions and will assist in the preparation of research grants submitted by CCH faculty as well as grants submitted by non-CCH faculty that include CCH personnel and non-personnel. The Center Administrator will also help with special projects and initiatives, as needed.

For more details and to apply, visit here.