There are many ways in which to engage with the Center.

With over 19 years of organizational experience and memory, the Center has developed a responsive approach in supporting investigator driven, community-connected research and education initiatives.

We work and support faculty researchers from across Aurora Health Care, UW School of Medicine and Public Health and UW-Milwaukee.  The Center has three levels of faculty engagement:

1. Service: Investigators engage with the Center by contracting specific service expertise for a specific research project, for example, for community-based study design or partnership building.
2. Project: Investigators embed whole research projects or utilize project coordination or management services.
3. Program: Investigators partner with the Center to develop their program of research or education and receive grant writing assistance and implementation plus dissemination support. 

We welcome the opportunity to meet with you and learn how we can support your efforts at any phase of your research. We also can support student learners and help place students in project and community connected experience. 

​ Contact us to set up an initial conversation.

EXPERTISE

Click below to learn more about the types of expertise our staff and faculty can provide your research or applied project. 

Planning

• Convening stakeholders
• Facilitation / Coordination
• Translating evidence and stakeholder desire
• Co-creating agenda/programing/practice/policy/evaluation

Study Design and Data analysis

• Qualitative methods (focus groups, interviews, etc.)
• Quantitative methods (Epidemiology, Biostatistics)
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Survey research methods
• Survey design including web based survey
• Project coordination
• Data management
• Data access including access to local and national data sets
• Program evaluation

COmmunity partnerships

• Community-academic partnerships
• Community-based participatory research methods
• Community-based research and engagement
• Community resource committees
• Community linking/bridge-building/networking

Education

• Faculty development and support in population health research
• Population health research training for residents, fellows and students
• Training and capacity building in: assessments, health equity, program design, evaluation, coalition building, collective impact
• Service learning opportunities

Information technology

• Web application development
• Database development and maintenance
• New technology development
• Requirements/Specifications gathering
• Secure storage of sensitive data

Communication and dissemination

• Explain and interpret research results in the community
• Publish primary research results for peer review
• Present study results at local, regional, and national professional conferences
• Announcement of study initiation to local, regional and national media
• Announce and disseminate study results to local, regional and national media

Health services research

• Translational research

• Protocol development
• Multi-site study coordination
• Study implementation
• Laboratory assistance

Administration and operations

• Project Management
• Institutional Review Board submission and reporting
• Collaborative grant and fund development
• Contracts and agreements
• Pre-award grant process (including budget development)
• Multi-institutional collaborations/agreements
• Business associate/affiliate agreement

Community Connectedness

The Center has more than 15 years of working in partnership with local and regional partners. We are happy to help connect you with appropriate community groups that meet your priority for your research. We have worked with and have relationships across the following areas:

• Community-based organization
• Faith-based organization
• Clinic / Health Care
• Governmental organization
• University / Higher Education
• K-12 Education
• Business / Industry
• Resident
• Student/Interns