This session explores innovative models for collaborative impact.
Payam Sheikhattari, MD, MPH is a professor of Public Health at Morgan State University, and directs the Prevention Sciences Research Center. With 20+ years in community health, he focuses on community-led initiatives, targeting minorities and low-income groups to address urban health disparities. Notable achievements include leading NIH-funded projects, such as the “ASCEND” Training Model, and directing initiatives like Morgan CARES and the CEASE trial. He’s also a Principal Collaborator on the American Heart Association’s IMPACT project and an author on practitioner research in health professions.
This session:
- reviews innovative CBPR models for fostering community-academic partnerships
- draws from Dr. Nina Wallerstein’s Engaged for Equity conceptual model, which led to the creation of Morgan CARES services and core model (a community-engaged core located in a renovated facility in East Baltimore)
- introduces practitioner research as a methodological approach to harness the power of team science and collaborative research in clinical settings
