Faculty partner recruitment for the third cohort of the Partners in Education, Evaluation and Research (PEER) training program begins today (Friday, May 1). The program was developed jointly by the Case Western Reserve University Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods and the Clinical Translational Science Collaborative.
The 15-month, part-time training program is designed to increase research capacity in community organizations and strengthen community/academic partnerships in order to more effectively facilitate translational research. The program enrolls four to six qualified applicants (Fellows) from local health-related organizations to work directly with a university faculty partner to conduct research relevant to health issues.
An important component of this program is linking the community organizations to faculty members who are interested in conducting a partnered research project. This partnership is structured to add value and build upon the faculty member’s current responsibilities and research. Faculty partners are expected to have strong and/or promising research backgrounds, especially with regards to the collecting, management, and analysis of quantitative data. Faculty partners receive a small stipend for participating.
Faculty members interested in learning more about the program can email Cyleste Collins, research assistant professor in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, at cyleste.collins@case.edu, or Jeri Jewett, PEER Fellowship coordinator, at jeri.jewett@case.edu.