Description:

**ZOOM ONLY**

Dr. Watson, currently the Chief Executive Officer for UI Health Mile Square Health Center and formerly the Chief Engagement Officer for The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will present on community responsive research.

The talk will:

• Describe the development of research within an urban and rural serving network of federally qualified health centers.

• Discuss the importance of research being responsive to community and patient needs.

• Highlight projects across behavioral health, cancer prevention and control and chronic diseases and the importance of partnerships in public health and cancer centers.

Featuring:
Karriem Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH
Executive Director, Mile Square Health Center
Research Associate Professor, School of Public Health
University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Karriem S. Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH is the Chief Executive Officer for UI Health Mile Square Health Center. In addition to his work as a healthcare administrator, Dr. Watson serves as a Research Associate Professor in the UIC School of Public Health. He is trained as a cancer disparities researcher to ensure early detection and improve screening and cancer prevention in high-risk populations. His work has examined cancer prevention and control in rural Haiti, Cuba, Ethiopia and Uganda. Prior to returning back to UIC and leading Mile Square, Dr. Watson spent time at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the largest precision medicine initiative. Dr. Watson has been recognized by the Chicago Urban League as an Innovator in STEM, he has served on the board of It Takes A Village of Schools and former board chair of Community Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH).