2021 Community Health Catalyst Awardee
One project was awarded for 2021:
PI: Jennifer Allen, ScD, MPH, Professor, Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
Community Partner: Heloisa Galvão, Executive Director, Brazilian Women’s Group
Collaborators: C. Eduardo Siqueira, ScD, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston; Cristiane Soares, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Romance Studies, Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
Title: Engaging Stakeholders to Understand the Mental Health of Brazilian Immigrants
2020 Community Health Catalyst Awardees
Two projects were awarded for 2020:
PI: Neil Korsen, MD, Physician Scientist and Rural Core Co-Lead, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Community Partner: Brendan Schauffler, MA, Network Facilitator, Oxford County Wellness Collaborative
Collaborators: Kerri Barton, MPH, Rural Research Navigator, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute; Lisbeth Wierda, MPH, Project Manager, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Title: Using Boot Camp Translation as a Method for Community Engagement to Translate Information about Adverse Childhood Experiences into Impactful, Locally-relevant Health Messaging
PI: Tamara Vesel, MD, Chief, Division of Palliative Care, Tufts Medical Center
Community Partners: Megan Cheung, MSW, Associate Director/Clinical Director, Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center; Mary Chin, LCSW, Executive Director, Asian American Civic Association
Collaborator: Courtney Schroeder, MD, Hematology Oncology Fellow, Tufts Medical Center
Title: Perception of Serious Illness Diagnoses and Communication Preferences of Chinese Immigrants in Boston
2019 Community Health Catalyst Awardees
Two projects were awarded in 2019:
PI: Virginia Rall Chomitz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Community Partner: Lisa Robinson, MPH, RD, Director, Shape Up Somerville
Collaborators: Sean Cash, PhD, Associate Professor, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; Christopher Mejia-Argueta, PhD, Director, Food and Retail Operations Lab, Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation and Logistics; Lars Meyer Sanches, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Food and Retail Operations Lab, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
TITLE: Building an Academic/Community Collaborative to Address Food Access Issues in Somerville: Exploring Three Healthy Retail Models
PI: Ksenia N. Tonyushkina, MD, Physician, Pediatric Endocrinology, Baystate Medical Center
Community Partner: Jeanne Clancy, RN, Senior Administrator of Nursing, Springfield Public Schools
Collaborators: Holley F. Allen, MD, Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology, Baystate Medical Center; Sarah L. Goff, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Department of Health Promotion and Policy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
TITLE: Partnership between Springfield Public School Nurses and Baystate Pediatric Diabetes Program to Enhance Diabetes Care for Children with T1DM from a Disadvantaged Population