CCPH - Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

07/28/2026

"How we choose to validate our work reflects our values"

In her latest Substack piece, Charisse Iglesias, PhD, CCPH's Training & Resource Director, shares her perspective that academic scholarship isn't the only way to 'know' a topic.

Continue reading in the Partnership Work Substack 👇
https://partnershipwork.substack.com/p/overrelying-on-academic-validation?

Academic scholarship isn’t the only way to ‘know’ a topic

07/24/2026

We partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Clinical Translational Science Institute to create the Community Engagement in Research: Precision Outreach and Planning (CERPOP) Tool.

Research teams should use this tool, in collaboration with community partners, to customize their outreach strategy based on a community's needs and preferences.

The tool is publicly available on the NIH CEAL website as an interactive, downloadable PDF.

Learn more about it 👇
https://ccphealth.org/introducing-the-cerpop-tool-for-community-engaged-research-2

Introducing the CERPOP Tool for Community-Engaged Research by CCPH | May 7, 2026 | CCPH Updates | 0 commentsAs part of our work within the NIH Community Engagement Alliance Consultative Resource (CEACR), Community-Campus Partnerships for Health partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Clinical an...

07/23/2026

The Research Leadership Academy (RLA) team attended an in-person retreat at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus to align goals, wrap up the RLA, and plan for sustainability.

Outcomes of the retreat included wrapping up a 2-year RLA project with plans for evaluation and dissemination in the coming year. We hope to share our lessons learned and implications for future community partnership programs with our audiences, and expand the RLA program to different contexts.

Read more about the retreat 👇
https://ccphealth.org/research-leadership-academy-retreat-at-unc-chapel-hill/

07/22/2026

Paul Kuttner interviews Bobbie Laur, President of Campus Compact for a discussion on the loss of confidence in higher education and how community engagement can serve as "trust infrastructure" for campuses.

Read the interview (or listen to the episode!)
https://partnershipwork.substack.com/p/higher-education-has-trust-issues

Community partnerships are an important part of the answer

07/16/2026

Submit a manuscript! Your research could help shape the future of community-centered public health!

From Engagement to Impact: Community Centered Knowledge, Partnerships, Policy, & Public Health Practice in a Post Pandemic Era.

We're inviting submissions that highlight:
✅ Community partnerships
✅ Health equity
✅ Policy & practice
✅ Program evaluation
✅ Implementation science

If your work creates impact with communities—not just for communities—we'd love to see it. 👇
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/79349/from-engagement-to-impact-community-centered-knowledge-partnerships-policy-and-public-health-practice-in-a-post-pandemic-era?

The post-pandemic era, combined with historical changes in federal policies, has intensified challenges in trust, knowledge translation, and sustained partne...

07/15/2026

The NC CEAL team participated in the 2026 North Carolina Community Action Association (NCCAA) Conference through the workshop “Food as Driver of Health: Breaking Barriers, Building Solutions.”

The workshop was facilitated by CCPH Engagement Strategist, Alexis Hill and Lorraine Taylor, PhD. The interactive session explored the connection between food access, nutrition education, and community health.

Read all about this workshop 👇
https://ccphealth.org/nc-ceal-brings-food-as-a-driver-of-health-conversation-to-the-2026-nccaa-conference/?

07/14/2026

Rebuilding trust in the health research system requires welcoming community perspectives throughout the research process.

That’s the promise of community-based participatory research (CBPR): a model that centers community members’ needs, voices, and knowledge at every stage. Researchers across the country like CCPH Director of Research & Evaluation, Kunga Denzongpa, PhD, MPH, are using it to close the gap between institutions and the people they’re meant to serve.

Listen and watch the latest episode of Beyond Borders: Reorienting Research for Health Equity on LinkedIn with Dr. Karabi Acharya from RWJFoundation. 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7465420437275996161/

07/10/2026

Join The University of Iowa College of Public Health Prevention Research Center for Rural Health, Midwestern Public Health Training Center, and the Iowa Public Health Association for their upcoming webinar on Creating Accessible Content: A Conversation with Public Health Professionals.

Event Details:
📆 Date: July 14, 2026
⏰ Time: 8 AM PST
🎟️ RSVP: https://uiowa.zoom.us/meeting/register/LvHAoAW4RpWZ-pfAXuXZEQ?mc_cid=7042efc32c&mc_eid=UNIQID #/registration

This webinar is intended for local public health practitioners, health educators, communication specialists, and others who create and share digital content with the public or are interested in digital accessibility.

It aims to increase awareness of digital accessibility guidelines and provide practical strategies for creating accessible content. Participants will learn about key accessibility standards and best practices, including clear language, alternative text, descriptive links, color contrast, document structure, and accessibility checking tools.

The University of Iowa College of Public Health Prevention Research Center for Rural Health (PRC-RH) and the Midwestern Public Health Training Center (MPHTC) are partnering to launch a webinar series focused on strengthening public health practice across a variety of topics. The first webinar in the...

07/08/2026

Register for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo before early-bird rates end on July 14th.

Join the the community November 1-4 in San Antonio, Texas to:
✅ Meet top experts in the field
✅ Hear the newest public health research
✅ Connect with colleagues, vendors, and partners

Register here 👇
https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual?

07/07/2026

North Carolina Community Engagement Alliance (NC CEAL), a partnership between CCPH and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, celebrated the graduation of the 2026 Research Leadership Academy (RLA) Cohort in May at the Transcend Leadership Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The 2026 RLA cohort completed 5 modules on community-engaged research focusing on the Principles of Partnerships, Research Design, Data, Evaluation, and Navigating Institutions.

Read more about this gathering
https://ccphealth.org/research-leadership-academy-site-visit-and-navigating-institutions/