Elsevier Foundation Partnership

The goals of the Elsevier Foundation partnership are as follows:

• Establishing community advisory boards and focus groups to establish relationships and begin engaging communities in underserved counties of North Carolina
• Organizing workshops for members of the core group on the process of efficient deployment of evidence-based findings in clinical settings, as well as faculty workshops in nursing, social work, psychology and public health to embed IS best practices and examples
• Hosting a multi-university IS seminar series, in partnership with researchers from Duke University, or the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and RTI International, to support additional mentoring and networking efforts
• Organizing outreach and networking activities within the NCCU community

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• Racial Disparities and Social Workers in Primary Healthcare Settings
  • Primary Investigator:
    • Dr. Charity Watkins, NCCU Department of Social Work
• Physical Activity Opportunities for African American Women
  • Co-investigators:
    • Dr. Amy Linder, NCCU Department of Kinesiology and Recreation Administration
    • Dr. Karen Webb, NCCU Department of Nursing