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The Center for Health Equity Research’s Health Equity Research Intensive (HERI) is a unique opportunity to join others to learn how to design more inclusive health equity research projects.

HERI will introduce you to research methods and tools that emphasize partnership and engagement across all stages of research, from idea conception to budgeting to dissemination. Participating in HERI will equip attendees to effectively center equity in their work.

This three-day intensive aligns with the center’s mission by creating space for community leaders, health care professionals, faculty, staff and students to learn and apply new tools for inclusive health equity research. HERI connects partnership and engagement with innovative approaches and methods.

HERI ultimately seeks to help participants understand their role in addressing important questions related to health disparities and health equity. It will also help researchers develop skills to establish and maintain meaningful partnerships with communities that will lead to the improvement of the health and lives of communities historically excluded from research benefits.

A special feature of this year’s Health Equity Research Intensive is a collaborative workshop on day 3 where attendees will explore approaches and strategies to strengthen and sustain partnerships in health research. Through interactive activities and small group break-outs, attendees will have opportunity to learn, share and, most importantly, connect with others who are committed to advancing health equity and authentic community partnership through their work.

Sessions on days 1 and 2 are virtual. The Co-Lab(orative) Workshop is in-person in the UNC Student Union (3206AB).

SEE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2022 HERI

Registration

Registration for HERI 2023 is open through September 15.

You can register for the entire program (September 18-20) and select your preferred sessions.

REGISTER FOR HERI 2023

 

Students also have the option of registering for individual sessions.

REGISTER FOR HERI 2023 SESSIONS AS A STUDENT

HERI Fees

Registration typeFee
General (all 3 days)$300
Community member (all 3 days)$230
Student (all 3 days)$230
Student (per session)$40
UNC CHER Associate/Affiiliate (all 3 days)$230

HERI Scholarships

Registration scholarships (full and partial) are available for community members and students, from the generous support of our event sponsors. To request scholarship funds, please email cher@unc.edu. An application survey will be provided. Determination is based on available funds and session space.

Program

The schedule of sessions for the 2023 Health Equity Research Intensive is below. For fuller details on each session, visit our Whova event schedule.

HERI offers two tracks for its concurrent programming, as well as four overall session types. Please see the descriptions below. Participants are encouraged to choose sessions that best fit their interests, experience and scheduling needs. These designations are merely provided to help guide session selection, as all are welcome in any session that is chosen (dependent on space).  

Foundation track: This track’s sessions share more introductory knowledge and skills to equip those engaged in research with a strong basis from which to draw concepts related to health equity. 

Application track: This track’s sessions are for audiences with some existing knowledge on health equity research and encourage attendees to think further about innovative ways to incorporate their learning into existing and future work.  

The theme for HERI 2023 is sustaining partnership for the long-term. This year’s sessions are organized into four types that reflect stages that research partnerships move through over time. The session will relate to the partnership stage indicated in its focus, skills and tools.   

Key  Description 
Soil
Provides foundational or theoretical knowledge necessary to begin building partnerships.
Seedling Explores the early stages of building partnerships.
Harvest Explores what partnership looks like once research is being conducted.
Perennial Explores how we might ensure lasting relationships, shared leadership, and continued collaboration.

Date & TimeTitleSpeaker(s)TrackSession type
Wednesday
September 13
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. Eastern
HERI Kick-off Orientation and Networking SessionOrientation
Networking
Monday
September 18
12:15 - 12:25 p.m. Eastern
HERI Welcome and Intensive OverviewDr. Giselle Corbie
Rachel Berthiaume
Orientation
Welcome
Monday
September 18
12:25 - 1:25 p.m. Eastern
Trust and Trustworthiness in Research EngagementLori Carter-Edwards, Ph.D., MPH
Pastor James Gailliard
Foundational
Application
Seedling
Monday
September 18
1:30 - 3:15 p.m. Eastern
Equitable PartnershipsEmily Finley, MPH
Alan Wells, Ph.D.
Charisse Iglesias, Ph.D.
(Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH))
FoundationalSeedling
Monday
September 18
1:30 - 3:15 p.m. Eastern
Nuts & Bolts of Community Engagement Across the Research LifespanAlicia Bilheimer, MPH (NC TraCS)
Veronica Carlisle, MPH, CHES (Lineberger)
Simone Frank, MPH (NC TraCS)
MaryBeth Grewe, MPH (NC TraCS)
Jennifer Potter, MPH, CHES (Lineberger)
ApplicationHarvest
Monday
September 18
3:30 - 5:15 p.m. Eastern
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) 101Josephine McKelvy, Ph.D.
Shelly Maras, Ph.D.
FoundationalSoil
Monday
September 18
3:30 - 5:15 p.m. Eastern
Participatory Budgeting Strategies and PracticesMelvin Jackson, MSPH
Mysha Wynn, M.A., M.S.
ApplicationHarvest
Tuesday
September 19
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Eastern
Role of Research(ers) in Advocacy and Policy Change
Leah Frerichs, Ph.D.
La-Mine Perkins, MSW
Bill Kearney
Foundational
Application
Perennial
Tuesday
September 19
1:25 - 2:55 p.m. Eastern
Communicating Health Equity Research EffectivelyMarie Hebert, M.A., MSLSFoundational
Application
Perennial
Tuesday
September 19
3:05 - 4:35 p.m. Eastern
Community-Clinic Linked Groundwater Approach to Addressing Integrated Needs of Patients in North CarolinaDr. Gaurav DaveFoundationalSoil
Tuesday
September 19
3:05 - 4:35 p.m. Eastern
Photovoice as a CBPR Tool: Planning, Facilitation, Dissemination, and Sustaining PartnershipsBianka Reese, Ph.D., MSPHApplicationHarvest
Tuesday
September 19
4:45 - 5:45 p.m. Eastern
Climate Change & Environmental Health Considerations for ResearchCourtney Woods, Ph.D.Foundational
Application
Harvest
Wednesday
September 20
12:30 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Carolina Union 3206 AB
Co-Lab(orative) Learning Workshop: Supporting Partnership Sustainability for the Long TermTBDCo-Lab

Contact

If you have any questions about the Health Equity Research Intensive, please email us at cher@unc.edu.