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Community Alliance for Research & Engagement (CARE)
The Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) was established in spring 2007 as an integral component of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI). A goal of YCCI is to translate research from “bench to bedside”; the Alliance will help to take that one step further -- translating research from “bedside to community.”
The establishment of CARE at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation provides an unprecedented opportunity to foster rigorous community-based research and to translate findings of scientific breakthrough and discovery to enhance health care. More on CARE mission and background...
Current CARE Activities
- New Haven Childhood Obesity Summit: Translating Research to Action. The first New Haven Childhood Obesity Summit was held on Thursday, May 22, 2008. The Greater New Haven Leadership Class of 2008 hosted the summit, which was co-sponsored by CARE along with colleagues at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Anthem, and Yale New Haven Hospital. Click here to see our latest newsletter and here to see our research briefs on childhood obesity, which we released at the summit.
Read more about the summit here…
- Going on now! CARE is partnering with the Yale School of Public Health to offer an exciting series, “Milestones in Public Health Grand Rounds: Health Disparities—the Challenge of the New Millennium.” All talks in this series highlight how differences in various health issues affect our community. A free lunch and discussion with the featured speaker follows each lecture. The first talk in this series was held in February. More are planned for this spring and fall. Click here for more information.
Past CARE Activities
- February 28, 2008: CARE sponsored an event at the Stetson library in the Dixwell neighborhood in honor of American Heart Month and African American History Month. The event featured a talk with Dr. Woody Lee, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Yale University. The talk, entitled, “Am I Too Young to Have a Heart Attack?” included an open discussion with community members who had a chance to ask Dr. Lee questions about keeping our hearts healthy. At this event, CARE released two research briefs about heart health (read them here!) and its second newsletter, CARE Perspectives, which also features heart health (click here to read our latest newsletter).
- November 12, 2007 – CARE sponsored a public event to highlight Diabetes Month. Diabetes Awareness Day was held at the Dixwell-Yale University Community Learning Center. More about this event…
- September 12, 2007 – The CARE Research Partnership Program announced the release of a second round of community-university pilot projects. Request for Proposals were due on December 3, 2007. View the full Request for Proposals for application scope, eligibility, and deadline information. View the CARE Pilot Application Information Session presentation here...
- July, 2007 – The CARE Research Partnership Program awarded funding to its first community-university research projects. The research includes:
- A family-based childhood obesity prevention intervention led by Fair Haven Community Health Center and the Yale Department of Pediatrics. More on this pilot project...
- A youth violence reduction intervention coordinated by investigators from New Haven Public Schools, Community Mediation, Inc., Yale School of Public Health, and the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center. More on this pilot project...
- May 14 – 15, 2007 – CARE Future Search Consensus Conference brought local university, community, civic, and business health leaders together to guide CARE’s growth and priorities for improving health and healthcare in New Haven. View the full conference proceedings, Working Together: The Future of Health In New Haven, and photo essay for information on conference activities and outcomes.
Susan Godshall, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce, participating in the CARE Future Search Conference
