Creighton University - Center for Health Policy & Ethics

March 19
Note: this event has been cancelled, to be rescheduled at a later date.

Getting the Public Engaged in Research

Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Center for Health Policy & Ethics Conference Room
Discussants: Beth Furlong, RN, PhD, JD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing; Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS
Moderator:  Christy A. Rentmeester, PhD, Assistant Professor, CHPE

Developing trusted and long lasting relationships is key to successful community research projects. This presentation will include examples of strategies that are currently being used to inform and recruit members of the public into research.

Beth is an Associate Professor, SON and Faculty Associate, CHPE. She serves as one of the 21-member Council of Public Representatives (COPR) Advisory Council to the Director of NIH, Dr. Zerhouni. The current focus areas of COPR are 1) researcher and community education in community engagement, 2) communicating NIH's health messages to the public, and, 3) getting public input into COPR.

Siobhan is the Community Outreach Liaison for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine MidContinental Region and is located at Creighton's Health Sciences Library. Her role is to work in the six states the NN/LM MCR encompasses to find ways for communities and libraries to partner on projects that have the goal of the elimination of health disparities. For a preview, tune into the "Bringing Health Information to the Community" blog at http://nnlm.gov/mcr/bhic/