Center for Community Health Partnership and Research (CCHPR)

Assists with developing key stakeholder and community engagement activities, from planning through dissemination of research.

The Center for Community Health Partnership & Research (CCHPR) is a joint entity supported by the Washington University’s ICTS and the Institute for Public Health (IPH).

The mission of the CCHPR is to improve health and wellness in the region by fostering meaningful engagement between communities and researchers. CCHPR supports community-academic partnerships and research through the following initiatives.

Complete this brief form to request a consultation with our Center.

Partnership Development & Sustainability Support Funding Program

This mechanism supports ICTS investigators and their community partner(s) with up to $10,000 over a one-year period to develop the trust, infrastructure, capacity and skills needed to support future collaborative grant opportunities. This is open to new partnerships in development, as well as existing partnerships.

Community Studio

Community Engagement Studios (CE Studios) provide a structured forum for researchers to gain valuable patient or community input at different stages of research development and Community Studios provide a structured forum for researchers to gain valuable patient or community input at different stages of research development and implementation. Studios can address appropriateness of recruitment materials, participant retention strategies, identification of entry points for community-based recruitment, intervention and survey design, and/or dissemination of research findings.

If you are interested in requesting a CE studio, complete this brief form.

Additional Services for ICTS Investigators and Community Organizations
  • Match-making between researchers and community organizations with shared health interests
  • Consultations to discuss:
    • Strategies for identifying and engaging communities in the development and implementation of a research project
    • Navigating administrative obstacles to conducting research in community settings
    • Translation and dissemination of research findings in community settings
  • Grant review to provide feedback related to plans for stakeholder/community engagement
Contact

Hilary Broughton, MSW, Assistant Director