Community Research Exchange

Goals & Background

The Community Research Exchange (CRE) is an innovative annual event which showcases ACCEL’s commitment to community engaged research (CEnR) and brings together Delaware’s communities with researchers from across the translational spectrum.

The annual CRE has extensive input from community members, including the chairperson of the Community Advisory Council as one of the CRE Co-Directors. Many of the workshops, panels, and platform presentations are developed and presented by community members. The day long CRE offers an opportunity to educate and engage the community in research; provide networking for researchers and community; and create energy around specific themes. The agenda includes keynote addresses, panel discussions on timely issues, ACCEL-funded research presentations, and workshops on CEnR themes identified by our researchers & community advisors.

Community Research Exchange Program Key Contacts

Conference Co-Chair Allison Karpyn, PhD, co-Director, Center for Research in Education and Social; Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences University of Delaware
Conference Co-Chair Omar Khan, MD, MHS, FAAP, President and CEO of Delaware Health Sciences Alliance, and Physician Leader in Research Admin and Scientific Affairs with ChristianaCare.
Conference Co-Chair Marlene Saunders, DSW, MSWS, LMSW, social worker, educator, administrator, elected official, and Delaware Community Advisory Council Chairperson
ACCEL Leadership
Community Advisory Council (CAC)

Previous Community Research Exchange Conferences

2023 Conference

"Nothing about us without us: including community voice in research across the translational spectrum"

Agenda
Program
Keynote Presentation (PowerPoint), “Fast Forward! A Community Engagement Strategy from the Community Perspective” by Elder Paris Davis, MBA, PhD, PI, MPI, and Rebecca Johnson, PhD, MSc
Keynote Presentation (PowerPoint) “Closing the Health Gap” by Renee Mahaffey Harris, CHES, MPH
RECAP: CRE 2023

2022 Conference

"Systematic approaches to Incorporating Community Engagement across the translational spectrum"

Agenda
Program
Welcome Remarks including “Why Community Engaged Research Matters” by Gwendoline Angalet, PhD, CEO of GBA Consulting; and, an address from Delaware Governor John Carney
Keynote Presentation, “Building Full Spectrum Translational Research Teams of Laboratory Investigators, Practicing Clinicians, Patients and other Stakeholders” by Rhonda G. Kost, MD, and, Jonathan N. Tobin, PhD, FAHA, FACE, both of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at The Rockefeller University
Podium Presentations
Panel Discussion on the “Benefits, Challenges and Realities of Community Engaged Research”
Virtual Poster Gallery
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
- Latinx Health – Explore the ways in which the Latino community is currently engaged in research in Delaware and hear from leadership of the CTR in Puerto Rico to share best practices, needs and strategies for engagement.
- Environmental Justice and Community Engagement – Focus on community engagement efforts to address environmental inequities. The presenters share strategies, examples, lessons learned, and effective approaches to addressing environmental issues of concern to community members, in partnership with researchers.
- Community Engagement Across the Translational Spectrum – Address the earlier forms of translational research, how, when and why community engagement matters, and provides exemplar strategies from two groups on the cutting edge of this work for discussion.
  - Community Engagement Breakout Session – Subgroup A
  - Community Engagement Breakout Session – Subgroup B: Lead Poisoning
- Grant Writing – Walk through the basic ins and outs of grant writing and review a toolbox of resources that can help make the process simpler and less time consuming.

2021 Conference

2018 Conference Materials

2017 Conference Materials