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