Description:

Goals for the half day Symposium:
1. Bring together investigators, community leaders and stakeholders to share experiences in community engaged health research throughout Chicago and foster opportunities for networking and collaboration;
2. Examine key issues in community health research in Chicago; and
3. Disseminate research findings with high impact for the Chicago area.

The day will include a panel discussion, interactive breakout sessions, and a poster session for networking and dissemination.

Invited audiences are academic investigators, community leaders, trainees, potential funders, as well as civic, policy and educational stakeholders.

Call for Poster Abstracts- Deadline: Sept 26

FREE to Attend. Continental Breakfast & Box Lunch Served.

Register and access call for poster abstracts at http://c3-october102014.eventbrite.com.

The event is hosted by the Chicago Consortium for Community Engagement (C3). C3 connects & leverages the community-engaged health research resources of communities and academic institutions including Northwestern University,University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rush University, Alliance of Chicago, & others toward a healthier Chicago.