The Community Engagement Core Spring Speaker Series took place on May 4, 2023 via Zoom, with a focus on Newcomers Rights and access-to-care. In addition to the keynote address, “Community-Engaged Newcomer Mental Health Interventions”, with Dr. Jessica Goodkind and community partner, Martin Ndayisenga, the event recognized the 2023 CCTST Community Leaders Institute (CLI) graduates and 2023 Community Health, Partnership Development and Integrating Special Populations (ISP) grant awardees:

2023 Community Health Grant Recipients

Autism and We in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: Creating a Safer Cincinnati Community: A Culturally-Responsive Training for First Responders and Autistic Individuals and Their Families

Reach Out Lakota in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: Las Vallas Invisibles: Understanding Barriers to Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Behaviors in the Spanish Speaking Community

Cincinnati Health Department in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: A Community Health Needs Assessment of Ethiopian Immigrants in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio

2023 Partnership Development Grant Recipients

Mill Creek Alliance in partnership with the University of Cincinnati, School of Planning: Mapping the Unseen Hazards and Assets: A Community Engaged Monitoring of the Lower Mill Creek Urban Watershed

Ohio Hands & Voices, The Cincinnati WIC Program in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital: Access for All - Infant Hearing Diagnosis and Intervention

2023 Integrating Special Populations Grant Recipient

Equitas Health Center in partnership with University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine: Risk Calculation for Breast/Chest Cancer in Transgender Cincinnatians: Providing Affirming Screening

More information about the 2023 CLI graduates can be found here.

Congratulations to all grant awardees!