Catching up with Jennifer Villwock, M.D., FAAOA, with KU Medical Center
Catching up with Jennifer Villwock, M.D., FAAOA, with KU Medical Center
Former KL2 Scholar working on multiple research projects and mentoring a TL1 trainee
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Frontiers KL2 and TL1 Programs
Frontiers KL2 and TL1 Programs
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Broderick Crawford Community Partnership Awardee: John Tumberger (Project Leader) and Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN (Project Mentor and PI)
Broderick Crawford Community Partnership Awardee: John Tumberger (Project Leader) and Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN (Project Mentor and PI)
Project Title: Teen Research Advisors (Children’s Mercy Kansas City)
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Former KL2 Scholar Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN, Involved in Multiple Projects
Former KL2 Scholar Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN, Involved in Multiple Projects
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Catching up with Jennifer Villwock, M.D., FAAOA, with KU Medical Center
Former KL2 Scholar working on multiple research projects and mentoring a TL1 trainee
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Broderick Crawford Community Partnership Awardee: John Tumberger (Project Leader) and Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN (Project Mentor and PI)
Project Title: Teen Research Advisors (Children’s Mercy Kansas City)
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Former KL2 Scholar Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN, Involved in Multiple Projects
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Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) catalyzes innovations in health care by connecting clinical researchers to resources, training the biomedical workforce of today and tomorrow, and facilitating collaboration among scientists, patients, and community organizations. Supported by a five-year, $25 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frontiers is part of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, a national network of approximately 60 medical research institutions that work together to translate scientific discoveries into advances in patient care.
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Broderick Crawford Community Partnership Awardee: John Tumberger (Project Leader) and Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN (Project Mentor and PI)
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Jul 22, 2024
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The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) Published Special Supplement on the RADx-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Program
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Jul 02, 2024
KL2 Spotlight: Bethany Forseth, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
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Jun 18, 2024
Former KL2 Scholar Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN, Involved in Multiple Projects
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Jun 18, 2024
Catching Up with Jaime Perales Puchalt, Ph.D., MPH
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Jun 10, 2024
Former KL2 Scholar Jennifer Villwock, M.D., FAAOA, Working on Multiple Research Projects, Mentoring a TL1 Trainee
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Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Scholar Amanda Emerson, Ph.D., RN, Receives Prestigious Fellowship
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Catching up with Robin Shook, Ph.D., Children’s Mercy Kansas City
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Broderick Crawford Community-Partnership Award: Dola Williams with ICanSir!
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May 20, 2024
Broderick Crawford Community Partnership Award: Bringing Lupus Survivors and Physician Researchers Together to Develop, Foster Understanding and Improve Outcomes
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May 17, 2024
2023 Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation Trailblazer Pilot Award
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May 16, 2024
Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Pilot Award
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May 08, 2024
Advancing Medical Innovation Trailblazer Project Title: SH3BP2 inhibitors to target SH3BP2-mediated immune activation in nephrotic syndrome
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Apr 25, 2024
Ana S.A. Cohen, Ph.D., FACMG - Investigating How to Expand Genetic Testing for Rare Diseases in Rural Areas
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Apr 23, 2024
Medical Informatics with the All of Us Program at the University of Kansas Medical Center
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Apr 22, 2024
Trailblazer Pilot Award: Dbr1 inhibitors: a novel drug treatment for the neurodegenerative disease ALS
Apr 10, 2024
2024-2025 KL2 Scholars and TL1 Trainees
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Mar 07, 2024
Spotlight on Dhanushki Abeykoon, TL1 Trainee and PharmD student
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Mar 05, 2024
Developing thermal imaging as a biomarker to augment “remote visits” where physical exams are not possible
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Feb 29, 2024
2024 Research Symposium
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Feb 19, 2024
Lauren S. Aaronson Frontiers Pilot Awardee
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Lauren S. Aaronson Frontiers Pilot Awardee - Kai Ling Kong
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Feb 19, 2024
Lauren S. Aaronson Frontiers Pilot Awardee - Marion Leaman, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
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Feb 09, 2024
Catching Up with Ashley Shaw, Ph.D., MPH
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Feb 08, 2024
Spotlight on Rong Xin Liu, TL1 Pre-Doctoral Trainee
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Feb 06, 2024
Integrating Special Populations Pilot Award
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Jan 09, 2024
Catching Up with Kelsie Forbush, Ph.D., past Trailblazer Pilot Awardee
KL2 Scholar · News
Jan 09, 2024
Spotlight on TL1 Program's Amy Smith, Ph.D., Children's Mercy Kansas City
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Dec 07, 2023
Spotlight on Alexandra Prosser, M.D., TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee
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Nov 30, 2023
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Nov 30, 2023
Broderick Crawford Community-Partnership Awardees
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Nov 27, 2023
Frontiers Annual Impact Report 2023
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Nov 06, 2023
Spotlight on KL2 scholar April McNeill-Johnson, M.D.
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Nov 02, 2023
Spotlight on TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee Sarah Weinsztok, Ph.D.
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Oct 24, 2023
Frontiers Annual Member Survey
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Oct 05, 2023
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Oct 03, 2023
Meet Shelby Williams, Administrative Director, Clinical and Translational Science Units at Rainbow, Fairway and Swope (University of Kansas Medical Center)
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Oct 03, 2023
Catching Up with Diego Mazzotti, Ph.D., a past Pilot Awardee
Events · News
Oct 03, 2023
KL2 Spotlight: Kathryn Unruh, Ph.D., University of Kansas – Lawrence
Sep 22, 2023
Former Frontiers KL2 Scholar Stephani Stancil, PhD, APRN Presenting at K-CART Research Seminar
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Sep 07, 2023
KL2 Spotlight: Rebecca Lepping, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center
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Sep 05, 2023
Getting to Know Matthew Mosconi, Ph.D. New Co-Lead for Frontiers KL2 Scholars program
Aug 29, 2023
KU Center for Community Access, Rehabilitation Research, Education and Service (KU CARES)
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Aug 29, 2023
Catching Up with Anthony Fehr, Ph.D.
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Aug 08, 2023
Informatics Collaboration
Partner News · News
Jul 28, 2023
T32 Post-doc Fellowship in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
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Juntos Back to School Event
Jul 18, 2023
10 Questions with Nicole Nuckolls, Ph.D.
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Garold Minns, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine, Wichita
Hear Dr. Minns discuss the importance of diversity in clinical trials
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Jul 10, 2023
Catching Up with Jingxin Wang, Ph.D., past Frontiers Pilot Awardee
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Catching up with Shyam Sathyamoorthi, M.D., Ph.D.
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Jul 03, 2023
Catching up with Valentina (Tina) Shakhnovich, M.D.
Funded Projects · News
Jul 01, 2023
Catching up with Jonathan Wagner, D.O., FAAP, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
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Jun 27, 2023
Frontiers Integrating Special Populations Pilot Award
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Jun 27, 2023
10 Questions with Maggie Padek Kalman
Events · News
Jun 27, 2023
Congratulations to Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN on her K23 Award!
TL1 Trainee · News
Jun 08, 2023
Spotlight on TL1 Predoctoral Trainee Jada Ohene-Agyei
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All of Us Brings the Future of Health to Kansas City, Kansas
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Spotlight on TL1 Pre-Doctoral Trainee Sarah Johnson
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Jun 01, 2023
Meet Frontiers Recruitment and Network Navigator Hanluen Kuo
Funded Projects · News
May 25, 2023
Catching Up with Jenny Robinson, former Pilot Awardee (2020-2021)
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May 09, 2023
Meet Frontiers Administrative Coordinator Christie Smith
Partner News · News
May 04, 2023
Spotlight on Trisha Steele, Administrative Director, Center for Clinical Research, University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita
TL1 Trainee · News
May 02, 2023
Spotlight on TL1 Post-doctoral Trainee Stacey Aaron, Ph.D.
Events · News
Apr 21, 2023
2023 Research Symposium Presentations
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Apr 10, 2023
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Signs Proclamation Declaring it Black Maternal Health Week in Kansas
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Apr 04, 2023
Spotlight on KL2 Scholar Dana Bakula, Ph.D.
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Apr 04, 2023
Meet Frontiers Community Partner Project Manager Cherayla Haynes
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Apr 04, 2023
Spotlight on TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee Brian Helsel, Ph.D., MS, CSCS
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Mar 30, 2023
John Hopkins Virtual Nursing Grand Rounds
Mar 28, 2023
New Genomics Resource!
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Mar 28, 2023
New TL1 Co-Lead: Nicole Nollen, B.S., M.A., Ph.D
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Mar 23, 2023
2023 Research Symposium photos
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Mar 02, 2023
Research Spotlight – Olivia Veatch, Ph.D.
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Feb 22, 2023
"Communicating Research to the Community" Program Documents and Links
Feb 17, 2023
“Cuídate, Chécate y Muévete” (Care of yourself, Take the test, Move your body)
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Research Symposium Poster Presentation
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Feb 07, 2023
Using Your Resources: University of Kansas Medical Center A. R. Dykes Library
Feb 07, 2023
Spotlight: John Thyfault, Ph.D., FACSM, FTOS and the University of Kansas Diabetes Institute
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Why Is It Important to Collaborate?
How the KU School of Medicine's Wichita Center for Clinical Research began collaborating with Frontiers.
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Feb 02, 2023
Spotlight on Tiffany Schwasinger-Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., FACP
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Jan 24, 2023
Frontiers Has an Associate Director Opening
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Jan 19, 2023
JUNTOS Vaccination Event
TL1 Trainee · News
Jan 17, 2023
Spotlight on TL1 Trainee Jephte Akakpo, Ph.D.
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Jan 05, 2023
Spotlight on Robert White, Ph.D., MS – Dean of the College of Biosciences at Kansas City University (KCU)
Funded Projects · News
Jan 05, 2023
Spotlight on Olivia Veatch, Ph.D., MS
News · In the Community
Jan 04, 2023
Community Partner Spotlight: Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney
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Dec 21, 2022
JUNTOS December Community Events
Funded Projects · News
Dec 19, 2022
Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute gives six Pilot Awards
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Dec 15, 2022
JUNTOS Community Events
News · In the Community · Partner News
Dec 09, 2022
Spotlight on Andrea Bradley Ewing, MPA, MA; Community Engaged Research, Health Services and Outcomes Research; Children’s Mercy Kansas City
KL2 Scholar · News
Dec 08, 2022
Spotlight on KL2 Scholar Anna Wallisch, Ph.D.
News · In the Community
Dec 06, 2022
Community Partner Broderick Crawford Passes Away
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Dec 05, 2022
First Frontiers Mock Study Section
Funded Projects · News
Dec 01, 2022
Spotlight on Rebecca Lepping, Ph.D.
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Nov 28, 2022
Frontiers New Tagline
KL2 Scholar · Funded Projects · News
Nov 08, 2022
Spotlight on KL2 Scholar Stephani Stancil, Ph.D., APRN
TL1 Trainee · Funded Projects · News
Nov 08, 2022
Spotlight on TL1 Post-Doctoral Trainee Elly Leavens, Ph.D.
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Nov 04, 2022
Focus on Research Informatics with Erin Nichols, Director of Research Informatics -University of Kansas Health System
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Nov 03, 2022
Call for Abstracts and Case Reports
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Nov 01, 2022
Spotlight on JUNTOS – Center for Advancing Latino Health
KL2 Scholar · Funded Projects
Oct 14, 2022
Meet KL2 Scholar Romina Barral, M.D.
KL2 Scholar · Funded Projects
Oct 10, 2022
Meet KL2 Scholar Amanda Emerson
Events · News
Sep 28, 2022
Frontiers Celebrates Award Renewal
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Sep 21, 2022
University of Kansas Medical Center announces nearly $27 million NIH grant to accelerate clinical and translational research in the region
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Sep 09, 2022
Spotlight on Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE)- Ton Miras Neira
KL2 Scholar · Funded Projects
Aug 12, 2022
Spotlight on KL2 program recipient, Jennifer Villwock, M.D.
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Aug 04, 2022
Kansas IDeA Network Provides Another Round of Funding
Funded Projects
Jul 13, 2022
Spotlight on Heather Minchew
Jul 11, 2022
Fosociclopirox AUA Thought Leadership Series
TL1 Trainee
Jun 14, 2022
Spotlight on Bertha De Los Santos, KU PharmD Student
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Jun 14, 2022
Women Making a Difference in Research
Apr 28, 2022
Frontiers Patient-Community Patient Partner Hakima Payne Receives DeVerne Lee Calloway Award
Funded Projects
Apr 28, 2022
Trainees at ACTS conference
Oct 29, 2021
Laura Mussulman, MA, MPH, Named Director of Clinical and Translational Science Unit Fairway
Sep 17, 2021
Researchers at 3 CTSA Institutions Collaborate to Develop a Research Network Supporting Translational Science Across the Criminal Justice Continuum
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Aug
02
08:00 AM • Lied Auditorium, KU Medical Center Campus, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas.
Introduction to Biostatistics for Clinical & Translational Research - Aug. 2
The KUMC Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, with support from the University of Kansas Cancer Center and Frontiers, offers this free four-day program in biostatistical methods for clinical and translational researchers.
Biostatistics plays a critical role in clinical and translational research, influencing everything from study design to results interpretation. Clinicians and scientists should have a basic understanding of biostatistics to support critical appraisal of research, collaboration, communication, and evidence-based practice. Biostatistical skills can empower researchers to participate more actively in shaping study design and analysis to ensure clinically relevant and feasible research questions, reduce the risk of bias, and improve research efficiency.
Topics include:
Scientific Rigor and Reproducibility
Hierarchy of Study Design and Scientific Evidence
Hypothesis Testing and Estimation
Common Statistical Methods (Student’s t, Chi-square, ANOVA, Linear regression, Logistic regression, Survival analysis)
Aug
05
03:00 PM • In-person
Summer 2024 Implementation Science Quarterly Meeting
Email Maggie Padek Kalman for additonal information.
Sep
09
08:00 AM • Multiple sites in Kansas City
47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Craniofacial Genetics & Developmental Biology
Where: National World War I Museum & Memorial (1st evening), Stowers Institute for Medical Research (full 2nd day) & Children’s Mercy Research Institute (final morning on 3rd day).
A link to the meeting and registration information is below: https://www.scgdb.org/copy-of-annual-meeting-1
Society membership and meeting registration are very reasonable!
Contact: Timothy Cox (He/him), Professor & Endowed Chair in Dental & Mineralized Tissue Research; Oral & Craniofacial Sciences (Dentistry), and Pediatrics (Medicine); Email: coxtc@umkc.edu; Phone: 8162352068
Sep
12
08:00 AM • University of Kansas Clinical Research Center 4350 Shawnee Mission Parkway, CTSU Suite 3300 Fairway, KS 66205
Biobank Blood Drive 2024
Help advance cancer research by participating in the annual Biospecimen Blood Drive. The event differs from other blood drives in that donors give only a small amount of blood: equivalent to the amount collected for a standard blood test.
Sep
18
08:00 AM • In-person
Heartland Conference on Health Equity & Patient-Centered Care
With the recognition of the critical roles patient, community and team-informed science plays in health research, mechanisms to promote, facilitate and reward team and community engaged science are emerging. Diverse teams of collaborating scholars and meaningful inclusion of patients, providers, community members and other key stakeholders in decision-making is sorely needed to address research challenges and advance health improvement for all.
With this conference, we would like to explore the rich interplay of community and university together, with the thought that the strength of our community may determine meaningful research priorities and relevant programs and providers.
The Heartland Conference on Health Equity and Patient Centered Care highlights community - academic partnerships and encourages open discussion among academic health centers, community health workers, faith-based community, and community-based service organizations.
Participants will engage with other regional health researchers, community-based organizations, and public health professionals to address health equity in our communities and region.
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