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Victoria Straughn - UC RPAC Member Victoria Straughn is a member of the UC Research Participant Advisory Council (UC RPAC) and was asked to share her experience and thoughts about her research journey, the importance of research and joining the UC RPAC. In her professional life, Victoria is a Clinical Research Coordinator, and she has personal experience participating in research. We value Victoria’s practical feedback during UC RPAC meetings, her love of research, and her w

Nutrition Research Day will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 8:00am to 10:00am at Cincinnati Children's in room S1.203-204. The goal of this event is to promote awareness of nutrition research and quality improvement projects happening at UC, Cincinnati Children's, and other institutions, and foster collaboration. Posters from faculty, staff, and students in the categories of clinical research, basic science, and quality improvement will be displayed. *Breakfast and

While the Research Participant Advisory Group (RPAG) works with individual researchers to provide feedback on individual studies, another critical role of the RPAG has been to partner with institutional research leadership and divisions over the years to improve institutional research practices across the Academic Health Center. One such on-going relationship has been with the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati (UC),

The Community Health Research Investment System (CHRIS) program   is an academic/community collaboration to design a process and select priorities for investment in health initiatives locally. The purpose of CHRIS is to guide the investment of CCTST resources into collaborative research with high community impact.   CHRIS Workgroup In February, the CHRIS program had its first workgroup meeting. Utilizing a community-engaged research approach called “Group Level Assessment (GL

Jason Blackard, PhD, with medical students and faculty at Madha Medical College and Research Institute Jason Blackard, PhD, who leads pipeline and community outreach for the CCTST Workforce Development program , recently spoke with medical students and faculty at  Madha Medical College and Research Institute  in Chennai, India about the importance of scholarly activity. During his presentation, he discussed the  Research 101  series developed by the Workforce Development team

Andrea Ford, PhD, a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been awarded a four-year, $765,000 K23 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Ford marks the first UC College of Allied Health Sciences NIH K grant recipient.   Andrea Ford, PhD Dr. Ford’s research focuses on collaborating with educators and caregivers to increase acce