Capacity Building

  • Offers workshops and seminars

  • Designed for both community members and researchers

  • Aims to build capacity for community-engaged research

Partnering For Academic Research

The self-paced online module training introduces community members to the basics of community-engaged research (CEnR). The module was developed by Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD and Deborah Chassler, MSW. The content draws on the PCORI-funded Toolkit, Connecting Communities to Research (PI: Battaglia), the Community Tool Box, and our 20 years of community research partnership experience. To access the Partnering with Academic Researchers module, please visit https://thenetwork.bu.edu/offering/connecting-communities-to-research/. For more information, please contact The BU CTSI Community Engagement Program.

Resources:
Building a Culture of Community Engagement Speaker Series

From 2022–2024, the BU CTSI Community Engagement Program hosted a monthly speaker series. Each session featured faculty-led discussions on community engagement and health equity. All recordings are available on our YouTube channel.

November 2023 – Reaching Across Systems
Panelists: Jennifer Greif Green, Melissa Morabito, Andria Amador, Jenna Savage
How schools, police, and universities collaborated to address the youth mental health crisis.

October 2023 – Ramah Navajo-UNM Family Listening Program
Panelists: Nina Wallerstein, Kayetrina Raphaelito
A CBPR project based on equity, power sharing, and cultural respect.

September 2023 – Community Engagement Across Campus
Panelists: Gloria Waters, Petrina Martin Cherry, Tracy Battaglia, Margaret Lombe, Madison Kitchen
Exploring university-wide approaches to health equity.

June 2023 – Academic-Community Partnerships
Panelists: Mojdeh Rohani, Lauren Shebairo, Lisa Laurel Weinberg, Margaret Lombe, Emilia Bianco, Lea Vugic
Mental health and economic empowerment for refugees and immigrants.

May 2023 – Substance Use Research in Ghana
Panelists: Judith Azumah, Wisdom Avor, Harriet Addo, Yaw Nsiah, Nii Abbey Boye, Kaku So-Armah, Alex Werekuu
Collaborative work on SUD in women and girls using qualitative methods.

April 2023 – Youth Overdose Prevention
Panelists: Sarah Bagley, Abita Raj, Deb Schmill
Building advisory boards and collaborative planning for youth overdose interventions.

March 2023 – Evaluating Community Engagement
Panelists: Melody Goodman, Shoba Ramanadhan
Defining and demonstrating the impact of CE.

February 2023 – Health Equity Community Advisory Board
Panelists: Pastor Keke Fleurissant, Dorosella Green, Brandon Tilghman
Forming partnership agreements and supporting researchers from the CAB perspective.

January 2023 – Behavioral Health Equity
Panelists: Miriam Komaromy, Micaurys Guzman, Jordana Muroff
Examining BH equity initiatives and collaborations.

December 2022 – BU Center for Antiracist Research
Panelists: Rachel DeCruz, Grace Gámez, Caitlin Glass, Sonya Soni
Highlighting advocacy, research, and community engagement for antiracist scholarship.

November 2022 – BMC Health Equity Accelerator
Panelists: Elena Mendez-Escobar, Thea James, Petrina Martin Cherry
System-level interventions to support health equity and community voice.

October 2022 – Engagement & Vaccines
Panelists: Lenita Reason, Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff, Catherine Gergen Barnett, Rebecca Perkins
Trust-building and community outreach for advancing vaccine equity.

September 2022 – Shifting Power to Community
Panelists: Tracy Battaglia, Linda Sprague Martinez
Institutional and societal shifts for centering communities in research.

General Resources