Workforce Development

Community-Engaged Research (Two-Part Series)

REGISTER TO ATTEND ONE OR BOTH SESSIONS: https://forms.office.com/r/NJWaRPNG7c. 

• Part 1: Introduction to Community-Engaged Research
  

  Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  12 - 1 PM Central
  Virtual Workshop
  Over the course of one hour, attendees will learn the basics of community-engaged research (CEnR), community-based participatory research (CBPR), and the community engagement spectrum from Dr. Gregory Phillips II. In addition to learning models and terminology, attendees will also discuss recommendations and guidance on working with academic partners, and will be provided with a packet of reference material to assist with future collaborations. This packet will include a glossary of terms (e.g., biosketch, indirect rates, consultants), information on potential funders, guidance on collaborative decision making, and a list of current funding opportunities.

• Part 2: Stories from the Community

  Tuesday, June 17, 2025
  12 - 1 PM Central
  Virtual Workshop
  Over the course of 45-minutes, two community representatives actively engaged in community/academic partnerships (Dr. Christopher Balthazar and Mr. Alfredo Flores) and a former community representative who now works on the academic side of research (Mr. Erik Elias Glenn) will serve on a panel discussing their experiences with community-engaged research. The final 15 minutes of the session will be dedicated to addressing questions posed by attendees.

Applying Health Literacy Best Practices

Thursday, October 5, 2023
12 - 1:30 PM 
Virtual Workshop

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. In this hands-on, virtual workshop we will review evidence-based health literacy ‘best practices’ and provide examples of how they have been used to improve patients’ health experiences and outcomes. We will also devote time to applying these best practices to patient education materials and services brought by attendees.

Workshop Instructor:
Stacy C. Bailey, PhD, MPH
Associate  Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

Registration Information:
Registration is now closed.

*Discounted registration is available for employees of organizations that have signed memorandums of agreement with Northwestern University or employees of public sector organizations.

Additional details:

• There are no prerequisites to attend this workshop
• If you would like real-time feedback on your own materials, please send them to a-mizrachi@northwestern.edu no later than Thursday, September 28. 

Refund Policy:
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing via email Adela Mizrachi (a-mizrachi@northwestern.edu). Cancellations received by September 29, 2023, will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after September 29, 2023. Refunds of credit card payments will be made to the same account used for the payment.

Introduction to Public Health Data Science in R

Friday, August 25, 2023
302 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611
Simpson Querrey Auditorium

This half-day, in-person workshop will cover where to find data, how to interpret them, and how to analyze them. There will be a specific focus on the use of R and RStudio, an open-source software package for data science.

The workshop will:

• Provide an overview of sources of public health data from Chicago and nationally
• Review the content of an introductory biostatistics course
• Cover data importing, data types, visualization, comparing means, and regression 

Schedule:
Check-in & Lunch: 12 - 1 PM
Workshop: 1 - 5 PM
Reception: 5 - 6 PM

Workshop Facilitator:
Andrew Naidech, MD, MSPH
Director, Master of Public Health
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

Registration Information:
Registration is now closed.

*Discounted registration is available for employees of organizations that have signed memorandums of agreement with Northwestern University or employees of public sector organizations.

Additional details:

• There are no prerequisites to attend this workshop
• Participants should plan to bring a laptop
• We will be using RStudio Cloud and will send all participants instructions beforehand on how to set up a free account
• Discounted parking will be available to all participants
• Free wi-fi will be available during the workshop

Refund Policy:
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing via email Adela Mizrachi (a-mizrachi@northwestern.edu). Cancellations received by August 14, 2023, will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after August 14, 2023. Refunds of credit card payments will be made to the same account used for the payment.