3rd Thursday Community Engagement Education Series: Creating and Nurturing Community Advisory Boards

3rd Thursday Community Engagement Education Series

Session 2: Creating and Nurturing Community Advisory Boards
February 18, 2021 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Join us and our guest panelists, Astraea Augsberger and Kimberly Nelson, as they share their experiences with Community Advisory Boards. Register below or contact Dema Hakim for more information.

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Speakers

Astraea Astraea Augsberger, PhD is Assistant Professor at BU School of Social Work. Her research focus includes studies of child welfare workforce development, family and youth engagement, and healthcare utilization among youth and young adults. She is an expert on youth engagement strategies and has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on engaging youth in federal priorities. Her research has examined advisory boards in multiple practice settings, including municipal government, child welfare, and healthcare.

Kimberly Nelson, PhD, MPH earned her MPH in epidemiology and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Washington. Having both a public health and psychology background, she focuses on community-and population-level health implications while conducting individual-level behavioral research. Dr. Nelson’s research concentrates on psychological and structural factors associated with the transmission or acquisition of HIV/STIs among sexual and racial/ethnic minority adolescents and adults.

The BU CTSI CE Program monthly CE Education series will provide education on community engaged research approaches and promote networking among BU colleagues who are actively engaging communities in the research process. Come to share your experience and to listen to others who use community engaged approaches to research. The 3rd Thursday CE Education series will cover topics generated through the CE Programs’ consultations with researchers and community stakeholders. We hope you can join us! For any questions about the series, please contact Linda Sprague Martinez.

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