John J Frey, MD Faculty Director, Community Health Connections Professor, Department of Family Medicine WI Health Improvement and Research Partnerships Forum September 14, 2011

Community Health Connections: Who We Are Top row from left to right: Terry Cohn Renee Koenig Gail Kell Bottom row from left to right: Nancy Cross Dunham JoAnne Sabir John Frey Faculty and staff located at UW Madison, and at regional locations across Wisconsin

UW ICTR’s Mission To create an environment that transforms research into a continuum from investigation through discovery and to translation into real-life community practice –“In the field of medicine, for example, it is used to translate the findings in basic research more quickly and efficiently into medical practice and, thus, meaningful health outcomes, whether those are physical, mental, or social outcomes. “ –Thereby linking even the most basic research to practical improvements in human health –Change the UW culture from “silos” to cooperation and collaboration among ICTR members UW ICTR website link:

Initial Principles for Community Health Connections Statewide process following the Wisconsin Idea Learn from UW Extension successes in the field Hire regional staff who “know the territory” Create regional councils Spark and support research in health, broadly defined by the communities themselves

Our Regional Approach

Community Health Connections: 3 Areas of Focus for Our Work Connecting investigators, community partners –Coordinators: Outreach, information gathering –Regional Research Councils Supporting research development –Consultations, review of grant applications –Research support services Dissemination and capacity-building - Research forums - Skill-building workshops

Outreach and Information Gathering: Inventory of Research Interests, Expertise, Projects Contact information Academics/researchers: – Institution/campus Community-based orgs: – Mission of organization – Populations served Research interests, expertise Current projects – Objective, intervention, etc. – Funding source – Plans for dissemination – Ideas/needs for moving project forward Contact history Type of services we ’ ve provided to projects Currently 637 in database 340 academic researchers

Regional Research Councils, First Four Years Initial ICTR Proposal re Community Engagement … create regionally-based research resources, programmatically linked to the UW-SMPH and the ICTR, which will: engage communities with investigators build trust support research protocols facilitate dissemination of research results Our work with Councils, –Infrastructure and relationship building, information sharing, dissemination

Regional Research Councils Research champions for regional research resources, interests, ideas Councils in 3 of our 4 regions (N, NE, SW) –Convened and staffed by coordinators Diversity of academic, community interests –UW system, other campuses, UW Extension –Public health, community health centers, health systems –Non-profits, AHEC, school systems, business Quarterly meetings –Bi-directional communication

Connecting to, Collaboration with Other Organizations UW Extension UW System campuses –UW-Stevens Point –UW-Milwaukee –UW-Eau Claire –UW-La Crosse –UW-Oshkosh La Crosse Medical Health Sciences Consortium WI Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS) Medical College of Wisconsin’s CTSI Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities

Connecting to, Collaboration with Other WI Partnership Program Efforts Wisconsin Partnership Program, OAC grants : –Program funding information dissemination –Locating potential academic partners –Grant-writing workshops, technical assistance –Review of grant applications Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW ) UW Population Health Institute –WI County Rankings –Making Wisconsin the Healthiest State

Connecting to, Collaboration with Other ICTR Community Engagement Components Community-Academic Partnership Core (CAP ) –“Type 2” pilot, community collaboration grants –Other CAP community engagement resources: Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN) Community-Academic Aging Research Network (CAARN) Sonderegger Research Center (Pharmacy) Public Health Practice-based Research Network (Nursing) Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE )

Dissemination and Skill-building: Research Forums and Conferences Community Health Research Forums: –Sharing Conversations in a Research Café UW Stevens Point, March 2009 –Making Connections to Make a Difference Milwaukee, November 2009 Collaborations, Co-sponsorships : –UW Extension, Healthy WI Communities Conference Stevens Point, October 2011 –WI Health Improvement and Research Partnerships Forum Madison, September 2011 –Making Parity Real: A Statewide Dialogue on Policy Changes for Improving WI’s Addiction and Mental Treatment System Madison, August 2011

Dissemination and Skill-building: Workshops and Seminar Series Conducting “Real World” Evaluation of Public Health Programs and Interventions –WPHA Pre-conference Workshop –Appleton, May 2011 Accessing Online Library Resources –UW Stevens Point –August MCERN Seminar Series –(Milwaukee Community Engaged Research Network)

Counties Where We’ve Made Connections