Two Small Planning Grant Recipients (Round 7)

Congratulations to two community-academic teams, which are each receiving up to $5,000 as part of the Detroit URC's Small Planning Grant Program (Round 7 - Summer 2016): 

Heat Waves, Housing and Health: Increasing Climate Resiliency in Detroit

• PARTNERS: Zachary Rowe, Director, Friends of Parkside; Marie O’Neill, Associate Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health
• GOAL: to establish a community-academic steering committee utilizing a CBPR approach to support the development of long-term community partnerships addressing the health impacts of heat waves in vulnerable urban communities in Detroit, Michigan.

Development of a Hypertension-Focused Community Advisory Board

• PARTNERS: Lisa Mason, Vice President, Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC);
  Phillip Levy, Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Wayne State University School of
  Medicine.
• GOAL: to establish a Hypertension Community Advisory Board to inform hypertension research in the
  Detroit area.

The Detroit URC's Small Planning Grant Program, which is now offered in collaboration with the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR), aims to support the establishment of new community-academic partnerships and new collaborative health research efforts in Detroit. Click here to learn more.