UMB ICTR

The UMBC ICTR has partnered with community engagement experts across campus to form the ICTR Community and Collaboration Core (CCC) to provide all faculty access to up to 50 hours of free community-engaged research-related expertise. To apply, see How to Apply... below

‌Engaging patients, families, and communities in the full spectrum of research not only allows them to make better health care decisions, but also helps to identify community health needs and priorities, contribute to relevant research questions leading to appropriate research design and methods, develop culturally sensitive and ethical proposals, enhance recruitment and retention of research participants, and implement and disseminate research findings more effectively.  

The goal of the ICTR Community and Collaboration Core (CCC) is to foster and facilitate this community engagement and collaborative effort by providing access to expert patient- and community-centered services and resources. ICTR-supported services include:

CONSULTATIONS WITH ICTR CCC LEADERS

• Assist with writing the community-engagement section of your extramural grant proposal.
• Partnering with communities of interest to conduct real-world pragmatic clinical trials
• Conducting intervention implementation evaluations
• Content expertise in palliative care, geriatrics, and post-acute and long-term care settings.
• Health Equity Expertise- Social determinants of health, community health worker models, coalition building, cardiovascular and MCH disparities/inequities
• Practitioner-based community engaged research networks (PBRNs) - Oral Health Care & Literacy Expertise - Advisory board development and coalition building, Oral - systemic disease interactions

ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY THINK TANK ON RESEARCH

• To learn more about the Community Think Tank on Research, watch this video.
• Link to apply.

ACCESS TO THE PATIENTS PROGRAM

• The PATient-centered Involvement in Evaluating the effectiveNess of TreatmentS (PATIENTS) Program partners with patients and care providers to answer questions about the best treatment options to improve health and quality of life. People from all communities, especially those from underserved and minority populations, are engaged in every step of the patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) process. Through collective efforts, an effective learning health care community is created. Research priorities are aligned with the values of patients and communities to make research more relevant and patient-centered. The PATIENTS Program trains patients, stakeholders, and researchers to become co-developers of PCOR. Up to 50 hours of ICTR support in one of the following areas:
  • Develop participant instruction videos, or
  • Assemble a community advisory board, or
  • Connect with PATIENTS Professors. PATIENTS Professors are patients, caregivers, or community members who graduated from the PATIENTS Professors Academy. They are experts with lived experiences managing health conditions and skills related to health equity. PATIENTS Professors can teach us how to make health care research more patient-centered.

RESEARCH VEHICLE 

• Researchers can check out transportation for a few hours or for a day to transport the study team and supplies to a site in the community.  The vehicle cannot be used to transport patients or participants.