Community Coalition Team
Objectives of Community Coalition Team
• Create a centralized mechanism to support and enhance investigators-community relationships to increase community-academy collaborations
• Provide useful advice to investigators who are conducting basic, behavioral and clinical/health services research projects in research areas of high interest to the community
• Increase investigators’ ability to understand and incorporate community perspectives in research projects addressing minority health and health disparities
• Define strategies to improve the recruitment and retention of study participants
• Work and establish methods to disseminate research findings to a variety of audiences
Stakeholders of the Community Coalition Team
Members
Eduardo Lamadrid | American Heart Association |
María Cristy | American Cancer Society |
Edna Pacheco | Centro Mujer y Salud-MSC |
José R. Guzmán | March of Dimes |
Sonia Cardona | Merck & Co. |
Mariluz Franco | Institute for Interdisciplinary Research-UPR Cayey |
Edel Guzmán | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) |
Milagros Otero | Cancer Patient Advocate |
Amarilys Silva | Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation |
Aileen Rivera | G-8, Inc. |
Héctor Villanueva | HealthProMed |