December 2, 2021

Home to the Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) and Northwestern Primary Care Practice-Based Research Program (NP3)

Current resources and services focus primarily on research: ● Partnership brokering & development ● Workshops, seminars & team training Funding opportunities ● Consultations, proposal review & support ● Patient, Clinician & Stakeholder Engagement To learn more, please visit our website ● 2022 ARCC Seed Grants: -Application Deadline February 4 -Info session Webinar: December 7 ● ARCC Resource Directory ● December Resources and Opportunities ● Request CCH Consultation Support The Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) has been working to further our understanding of racism and bias in research and community engagement and aims to support community-academic partnerships in addressing racial inequities in their research and partnerships. To support this, the ARCC Steering Committee and participants in last year's ARCC Community-Academic Anti-Racism Learning Collaborative developed the Anti-Racist Community-Academic Research Reflective Practice Tool to support researchers and community-academic research partnerships in considering and implementing strategies to integrate racial equity and anti-racism into their partnerships and research design, conduct, leadership, and impact.   Applicants for ARCC 2022 Partnership Development or Research Pilot Seed Grants can apply for Anti-Racism in Research Supplement funding to integrate this tool and focus in their partnership and project.    Access the tool here and in ARCC's Racial Equity in Research Resource Catalog (​​bit.ly/ARCCequityResources). Other recently added resources include: ARCC​ Guidance for Developing Your Community-Engaged Research Anti-Racist Action Plan Recording of Workshop on Data Equity Issues in Quantifying Racism, Race, and Ethnicity. Presented October 29, 2021 by Dr. Alyasah Ali Sewell Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative, and Concepts: from AMA & AAMC Center for Health Justice. Moving from Theory to Action: An Anti-Racism Activity for Faculty in Academic Medicine by Premal Patel, MD.  ‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities. STAT. The University of Chicago and Northwestern University's NIH/NIDDK sponsored Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CCDTR) has released a request for applications for the 2022-2023 Pilot & Feasibility Grants Program. The Pilot & Feasibility Grants program is directed at new investigators testing novel interventions in health equity, dissemination and implementation, those with unique perspectives not traditionally studied in relation to diabetes, and applicants who identify as under-represented minorities and/or engage with stakeholders and community organizations that are under-represented minority serving and/or led.    The application deadline will be January 31st, 2022, 5pm Central Time. Please see the attached announcement for information regarding required sections for submission. To learn more about the CCDTR and Pilot & Feasibility Grants Program, please visit their website. Every month, ARCC compiles a list of events, grants, call for abstracts, and other resources that are relevant for community and academic research partners. Send anything you would like us to add to ARCC@northwestern.edu. Below are some highlights and we encourage you to access the full December listing here. National Institutes of Health (NIH) UNITE Listening Sessions Inviting NIH Stakeholders to Discuss Racial & Ethnic Equity: Series held between Dec 1, 2021 and Feb 1, 2022. UNITE website. Advancing the Science & Practice of Street Outreach: Lessons Learned and the Future of Street Outreach in IL, December 8. Hosted by the Northwestern Neighborhood & Network Initiative (N3), this symposium highlights emerging research on outreach, featuring the work of local experts who are building the infrastructure to strengthen the field. Attend in person or virtually. American Heart Association Funding Announcement: Test the Impact of Social Determinants on Health Risks and Outcomes: LOI Deadline: Dec 8.  NIH Funding Announcement: Measures and Methods to Advance Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities-Related Constructs ( R01): Expires: 5/8/24.  Request for Applications: Zoom-Based Course: Addressing Racism in Medicine: Suggested LOI due: Dec 10. Applications due: Jan 14

The Center for Community Health is supported, in part, by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Grant Number UL1TR001422 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award and the Institute of Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM).

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