Health Equity Research Intensive
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 two-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 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.
2024 Schedule
The schedule for the 2024 Health Equity Research Intensive is in the table below.
| Date & Time | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday August 13 1:00 p.m. Eastern | HERI Welcome | Rachel Berthiaume, MPH |
| Tuesday August 13 1:10 p.m. Eastern | Principles of Equitable Research Partnership with Community-Campus Partnership for Health | Aliyha Hill, MPH Alan Wells, Ph.D., MPH Emily Finley, MPH |
| Tuesday August 13 2:30 p.m. Eastern | Community-Based Participatory Research Introduction for Researchers | Shelly Maras, Ph.D. LaToshia Rouse Kennedy Bridges, MSW, MPH |
| Wednesday August 14 1:00 p.m. Eastern | The Financial Side of Partnership: Strategies and Practices | Melvin Jackson, MSPH Mysha Wynn, M.A., M.S. Rachel Berthiaume, MPH |
| Wednesday August 14 2:30 p.m. Eastern | Building Support for Health Equity Using Communications | Rhea Marie Hebert, M.A., MSLS |
2024 Highlights
Great engagement and speakers, very well done! Thank you!
Good examples, helpful links to resources, experienced presenters.
I appreciated the examples and exercises to make us directly see the connection between the information shared in the material and what it looks like in practice.
This session was great. Practical with clear strategies that I can use. There were lots of resources presented.
Sponsors
- Project GRACE
- UNC Health
- UNC School of Social Work
- UNC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
- Carolina Center for Public Service
- PRIME Collective, LLC
- Community-Campus Partnerships for health (CCPH)
- NC TraCS
Contact
If you have any questions about the Health Equity Research Intensive, please email us at cher@unc.edu.