The Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC) has selected 12 community-academic teams from across the U.S. to participate in the CBPR Partnership Academy. Now in its second year, this year-long program is designed to enhance participants’ knowledge and skills in community-based participatory research (CBPR), so they may apply this collaborative research approach to address racial and ethnic inequities in health in their communities. 

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the CBPR Partnership Academy includes a week-long intensive course, taught in Ann Arbor in July by both University of Michigan academic researchers and Detroit community partners; one year of structured learning opportunities; and access to ongoing networking and mentorship. Throughout the year, the newly formed partnerships will work together to develop and implement a joint CBPR research project focused on improving the health and well-being of the communities involved.

Those selected, through an extensive, competitive review process, hail from eight states: California, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin and are addressing a wide range of health equity and quality-of-life issues involving diverse populations. They will begin their week-long program in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Sunday, July 17, 2016.

Please visit the CBPR Partnership Academy webpage to learn more about the program, and click here to meet the second cohort of Academy participants.