Workshop: Connecting Researchers and Communities

UCLA’s Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP), of which CSRC is a partner, held a workshop on July 22 at San Fernando’s Mission Community Hospital. Javier Iribarren, CSRC assistant director and CERP co-investigator, joined professors Isidro Salusky, Arleen Brown, and Ichiro Nishimura at the workshop, which educated women lay health care workers, or promotoras, about CERP’s role as the nexus between UCLA’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Los Angeles’s diverse communities. CERP plays a critical role in this partnership between UCLA’s scientific researchers and the community by promoting and facilitating meaningful dialogue regarding the health issues of diverse populations.