Category: RESEARCH

The Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative (UNI) is a program of University of Pennsylvania’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships to address issues of poor nutrition and physical fitness in West Philadelphia.
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PolicyLab partners with numerous stakeholders within the health care field to develop evidence-based solutions to the most challenging health-related issues affecting children. By informing program and policy changes through interdisciplinary research, PolicyLab aims to achieve optimal child health and well-being.
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The purpose of the Community Engagement and Research Core in the Penn CTSA is to facilitate community-based research and community engagement, especially community-based participatory research, and enhance the translation of research and technological developments to key public health and community stakeholders.

CFAR has a community advisory board (CAB) that works to foster and maintain partnerships and open communication between Penn CFAR researchers and community members. The CAB also works to enhance HIV education, prevention, treatment and research activities reflecting both investigators’ interests and community needs.
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The office’s mission is to help Penn Medicine become a more collegial, intellectually exciting, and supportive institution through the recruitment, retention and promotion of women and underrepresented minority faculty, housestaff and staff.
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The goal of the Mixed Methods Research Lab is to foster the use of qualitative and mixed methods research methodologies with a focus on integrating key stakeholder perspectives and goals into research designs.
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Provided as part of the Penn Book of resources, policies and procedures, the Guidelines are targeted to those who are engaged in research that involves the study of the Philadelphia community (West Philadelphia in particular) or involves community members as research subjects.
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The CPHI is a university-wide center founded in 2007 by the Provost’s office. The CPHI promotes interdisciplinary research, education and practice in public health.
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CMHPSR researches the organization, financing, and management structure of mental health care systems and the delivery of mental health services and provides consultation and technical support to those individuals and programs involved in implementing system change.
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CHIBE provides an academic home for behavioral economic research that makes significant contributions to reducing the disease burden from major U.S. public health problems such as tobacco dependence, obesity, and medication non-adherence.
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