● 2022 ARCC Seed Grants: Application Deadline February 4

● ARCC Resource

● December Resources and Opportunities

● Request CCH

Enjoy all of the six episodes of the Our Stories, Our World, a youth-led series of community-centered narratives that combine audio stories and photography. This podcast is a first-ever collaboration between ARCC partner, Public Narrative and A Picture’s Worth. The last two episodes focus on public health and feature two ARCC partners, Taneka Jennings (former ARCC Steering Committee Member & Seed Grantee) and Shyam Prabhakaran. 

Both Taneka and Shyam were Taskforce members of the Chicago Community, Media & Research Partnership (CCMRP), the PCORI-funded collaborative co-led by Public Narrative and ARCC. Click here to learn more about this partnership and our results so far including a framework for making research accessible through community media.

Announcing open registration to UIC’s radical public health class:

This annual course, free and open to the public, prepares public health leaders and community members with the tools to bring about social change and address structural determinants of health. All course meetings will take place virtually, convening each Thursday during the spring semester (excluding spring break) from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Central time, beginning January 13, 2022.

Click here for more information and register here

Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease: Senior Community Engagement Coordinator

The Mesulam Center serves patients with neurological diseases that interfere with cognition and behavior. The Community Engagement Coordinator will focus on facilitating partnerships with community partners in the Chicagoland area with primary and initial focus on Chicago South Side’s African American communities. Internally, the CEC will assist on specific projects so that The Mesulam Center can meet study-specific recruitment goals and reporting requirements. To view this Job Opening, visit here.

Are you excited about creating meaningful policy and program change through research and data? Join the Social IMPACT Research Center research and evaluation team as a Senior Research Associate (SRA). The SRA leads a broad spectrum of research and evaluation projects intended to directly inform programs and policy related to humans rights, equity, and social justice. We are looking for someone with a commitment to community-driven research practices, strong project management skills, and experience in mixed-methods.

 

Are you passionate about using data to drive better human services and social policy? The Social IMPACT Research Center is hiring a Data Strategy Associate to support implementation of key data strategy and evaluation initiatives across Heartland Alliance and its local, national, and international programs. We are looking for someone who has excellent analytical, organizational, and communications skills.

The Stakeholder-Academic Resource Panels (ShARPS) Program Team will be unavailable for ShARPs and consultations request from December 15, 2021- January 17, 2022. Those interested in ShARPS should place a request here; however, all requests will be responded to in the order received after January 17, 2022. 

At this very special time of year, the Center for Community Health would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support and commitment to community-engaged research.

We are very proud of our accomplishments we've made this year and are looking forward to continuing and growing this success in 2022.

From all of us, we would like to wish you and your families a very happy holiday and a prosperous, healthy and happy new year!