2026-2027
Foundations of Community-Engaged Research
Instructors: Chelsey Carter, PhD, MPH, Jose DeJesus, and invited guest lecturers
This course orients participants to the theoretical components and practical skills required to conduct stakeholder-engaged research. For the growing interest in patient-centered care research and implementation science, this course offers a foundation and orientation to that field of practice. At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the etiology of social and structural determinants of health, health inequities, and challenges in their measurement.
2. Participate in local activities that highlight local context and social determinants of health and their connections to health outcomes and health improvement efforts.
3. Describe principles of stakeholder-engaged research and understand its use in assessment, planning, and evaluative research that Scholars may conduct with community partners.
4. Apply the principles of stakeholder-engaged research to case studies; distinguish its unique characteristics, including barriers and facilitators to its implementation, and ethical considerations.
5. Identify strategies to address health inequities and challenges in health equity measurement.
Summer (~7, 1.5-hour sessions + walking tours)
Introductions to One Another, New Haven, and CEnR
New Haven History, Part 1
New Haven History, Part 2 with the New Haven History Museum
Principles of CEnR
The Hill (Documentary) viewing
Principles of CEnR & New Haven History Discussion
Walking tours of New Haven neighborhoods led by neighborhood leaders.
Fall (~13, 1.5-hour sessions + walking tours)
Group Discussion: Race, Power & Research
Structural Competency & Health Research
Engaging Community in Health System Efforts
CEnR Case Study: Health Research with Formerly Incarcerated People
Community Academic Partnerships
Community Engaged Research and Its Role in Achieving Health Equity
Population Health
Budgeting Workshop
Conducting Community Needs Assessment
Community and Academic Dissemination in CEnR
CEnR Case Study: Yale Cancer Center Efforts
CEnR Case Study: Yale Psychiatry & the IMANI Program
Overview of Program Evaluation & its Role in CEnR
Spring (~3-4, 1-hour sessions)
Continued informal dialogue with community partners and Yale experts in community engaged research (i.e., YSM Steering Committee for Community Research Engagement, SEICHE, ERIC, OHER, etc.)
Course Information:
The Foundations of Community-Engaged Research course will meet weekly for 1.5 hours from July to December 2026. Currently, the course is scheduled for Tuesdays from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, in person at Sterling Hall of Medicine (SHM), 333 Cedar Street at Yale School of Medicine. A commitment to attend all classes is expected. Auditors can only miss one class in the summer and two classes in the fall.
Specific dates for Summer and Fall sessions are listed below:
Summer: July 7th - August 14th
Fall: September 8th - Dec 15th
Spring: 3-4 optional sessions for continued collaboration with community partners
As part of the course, there are area walking tours led by community members, offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 5:00-8:00 pm. There will be approximately six sessions during the summer and six sessions during the fall sessions. Auditors are asked to attend at least half of the 10-12 scheduled walking tours over the course of the summer and fall sessions (e.g. approximately 5-6 tours over 6 months).