Peers for Progress Webinar

Title: A continuum of community engagement in research: Reflections on power and control.  This webinar addresses thorny issues in efforts at community engagement: power and control. Featuring:   experienced community leaders, Laprisha Berry Daniels from Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice and J. Ricardo Guzman from Community Health and Social Services Center, and Barbara Israel and Amy Schulz, each well recognized for their work in community approaches. Moderated by Eugenia Eng. Read More
 

Pivoting for Success: Using Community-Based Participatory Research During the Twin Pandemics

A virtual round-table hosted on January 20, 2022 by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) and the Detroit URC.  Read More
 

Training and Mentorship Opportunity Through the CBPR Partnership Academy

We are now recruiting participants for our fifth cohort of community and academic teams!  Read More
 

Availability of Small Planning Grants to Foster New Collaborative Research

Are you committed to engage in collaborative research? The Detroit URC has announced a funding opportunity that may enhance your efforts.  Read More
 

COVID-19 Q&A Series: June 2021

Join us for the sixth installment of "Michigan Communities Conquering COVID" on Tuesday, June 29th at 6:00 p.m. EST. Spanish interpretation and closed captioning will be available through Zoom. See attached flyers for the Zoom link and information about the panelists. Read More
 

April 2021 Health Behavior Health Education (HBHE) Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Chris Coombe

Chris M. Coombe is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Health Behavior & Health Education and is affiliated with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC), a longstanding community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnership. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan and her MPH from University of California, Berkeley. Read More
 

New Initiative by Henry Ford Cancer Institute Aims to Increase Minority Participation in Clinical Trials

$750,000 Grant from Genentech Will Support Collaboration with the Detroit Urban Research Center Read More
 

Neighborhood Service Organization Awarded $4 Million for Mental Health Services, Named Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), a leading community-based integrated health and human service agency, today announced that it has been named a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) and awarded $4 million in funding across two years to support its work.    Read More
 

Webinar: From Practice to Policy Using a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach

Watch a recording of the webinar, co-sponsored by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health! Read More
 

U-M Receives $1.4M in NIH Funding to Expand COVID-19 Outreach

Being deeply rooted in the wellbeing of Michigan communities meant that the Community Engagement program at the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR), Michigan Medicine, and the U-M School of Public Health (SPH) were on the frontlines when the pandemic hit the nation. They witnessed a significant imbalance in support for low income and communities of color across the state, so MICHR and UM-SPH came together to launch a program called, “’The Fierce Urgency of Now’: Communities Conquering COVID (C3).” Read More
 

CBPR Partnership Academy Now Accepting Applications!

Do you want to learn more about community-based participatory research (CBPR) -- a collaborative approach for improving health and equity? If the answer is YES, then we invite you to apply for the CBPR Partnership Academy, a year-long, intensive training program in CBPR. Read More
 

Grant Funding to Examine Poverty Solutions in Michigan

Are you interested in pursuing collaborative research to examine and address poverty in Michigan? If so, then we invite you to apply for a Research Strategies to Prevent and Alleviate Poverty grant, which is being offered to teams of community-academic partners as part of a joint funding program between Poverty Solutions and the Detroit URC.   Read More
 

Have you filled out the US Census yet? Deadline Sept. 30, 2020!

'10 minutes to answer 10 questions to affect the next 10 years,' mayor says. Read More
 

Partners Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic

In this challenging and unprecedented time, Detroit URC partners continue to do vital work in Detroit and beyond to promote health equity, support collaborative research, and advocate for the most vulnerable. We send our gratitude to them, and to all of you who are working in collaboration to respond effectively to this pandemic. Here are some examples of resource compilations and reports from the ground that we hope will be of assistance: Read More
 

Detroit URC Board Partner Spotlight: An Interview with Richard Bryce, DO, Chief Medical Officer at Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc.

In this issue we feature the dynamic and engaging Dr. Richard Bryce D.O., a family physician and chief medical officer at the Community Health and Social Services Center, Inc. (CHASS), a federally qualified health center, in Southwest Detroit, Michigan. Richard is also clinical faculty at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Henry Ford Health System. Read More
 

CHASS Jolly Holiday

The festive folks at CHASS will be organizing a Jolly Holiday event on Thursday, December 19 from 1pm to 4pm... Read More
 

Detroit URC, Poverty Solutions award $79,500 to 3 community-academic research projects

Three collaborative teams of University of Michigan researchers and community partner… Read More
 

Congratulations Amy Schulz and Angie Reyes!

University of Michigan News recently featured the research of Detroit URC Board Members… Read More
 

Lower Eastside Action Plan celebrates 10 years of partnership with Erb Family Foundation

The Lower Eastside Action Plan is celebrating 10 years of partnership with the Erb Family… Read More
 

Check out this Community Engagement Course

Are you looking to improve your ability to effectively engage with communities and… Read More
 

UMDC's Noel Night this Saturday!

The University of Michigan Detroit Center (UMDC) will be participating in Midtown's annual "Noel Night", this Saturday, December 7... Read More
 

Long-standing Detroit URC Partner Margaret Dewar featured in Detroit Free Press

Today we focus on the work of 2017 Poverty Solutions - Detroit URC grant recipient... Read More
 

Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation focuses on Work of Long-standing Detroit URC Partner Michelle Heisler

Today we feature Michelle Heisler, a grant recipient in the first round of Poverty Solutions - Detroit URC grant awards,,, Read More
 

Small Planning Grant Deadline Fast Approaching!

If you are thinking about applying for a small planning grant, please remember the deadline is just a few short weeks away! Read More
 

Celebrating Partnership at APHA 2019

Public Health researchers, activists and leaders from across the country all convened this week in Philadelphia for the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo... Read More