The Meharry Community Engagement Core connects community members and organizations with Meharry researchers to conduct research and share results that will improve health for communities that experience the poorest health outcomes.
To eradicate health and healthcare disparities through long-term, collaborative, mutually beneficial community/academic research partnership.
The mission of the Meharry Community Engagement Core is to “combine the passion, knowledge, and skills of community partners and academic researchers to carry out research, share research results, and put into practice research findings that advance health equity and improve health for communities that experience the poorest health outcomes.”
Apart from efforts to increase community capacity to engage in research and partner with them in advancing their own health-related priorities, the Community Engagement Core provides direct support to Meharry researchers, including:
A Community Advisory Board, including representatives form health advocacy, health equity, and faith-based organizations, provides guidance to the Community Engagement Core and serves as one avenue for researchers to get community feedback about their research and explore potential community-academic research partnerships.
For any inquires contact, Community Engagement Core Director, Stephania Miller-Hughes PhD MS, smiller@mmc.edu or Co-Director, Leah Alexander PhD MPH, lalexander@mmc.edu or Program Manager, Mariah Chambers MHA, mchambers@mmc.edu
To learn more about the Community Engagement Core, visit their website below.
Burden of employment loss and absenteeism in adults and caregivers of children with sickle cell disease.
Rachel D'Amico Gordon, Rina Li Welkie, Nives Quaye, Jane S Hankins, Adetola A Kassim, Alexis A Thompson, Marsha Treadwell, Chyongchiou J Lin, Robert M Cronin
Considerations from employed African-American and white prostate cancer survivors on prostate cancer treatment and survivorship: a qualitative analysis.
Otis L Owens, Emily V Dressler, Andrew Mayfield, Karen M Winkfield, L Spencer Krane, Melyssa Foust, Joanne C Sandberg
Thrombosis risk with haemoglobin C trait and haemoglobin C disease: A systematic review.
Jeremy W Jacobs, Deva Sharma, Laura D Stephens, Cristina A Figueroa Villalba, Henry M Rinder, Jennifer S Woo, Allison P Wheeler, Dana Gerberi, Ruchika Goel, Christopher A Tormey, Garrett S Booth, Evan M Bloch, Brian D Adkins
Navigating Hair Loss in Medical School: Experiences of 2 Young Black Women.
Jewell Dinkins, Chidubem A V Okeke, Angel S Byrd, Cheri Frey
Climbing the mountain of adversity and removing barriers along the path.
Antentor Hinton, Haysetta D Shuler, Sandra A Murray, Jamaine Davis, Steven Damo
To advance science we need to address 'otherness'.
Jane L Delgado, Rueben C Warren