{"id":2976,"date":"2023-02-23T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iimsprod.wpengine.com\/pbrn\/?page_id=2976"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:16:34","slug":"ce-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iims.uthscsa.edu\/ce\/community-engagement\/ce-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"IIMS Community Engagement Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Join us for a day filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and community building. This event will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0at the Neighborhood Place located at 3014 Rivas Street, San Antonio, TX 78228<\/strong>. We highly encourage you to participate in person if possible. Get ready to engage with like-minded individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact in our communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Topic: Deep Roots, Resilient Voices, and Collective Action through Community-Academic Partnerships in Health Research<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scientific translation describes the process of taking research discoveries from basic lab science, to clinical practice, and into community interventions for public health benefit.\u00a0<\/span>Community engagement is essential across these stages, helping identify relevant health priorities and ensuring research is applied in ways that are practical, accepted, and effective.<\/p>\n

Goal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our goal is to engage the community, faculty, and students in conversations about health research, building capacity for community-campus partnerships, showcasing current projects, and fostering future collaborations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To achieve this, the CE Symposium will support the following aims:<\/p>\n

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    Providing spaces and tools for community members and researchers to share stories, priorities, and experiences that shape health and well-being.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Building and maintaining trust through open communication, mutual respect, and shared responsibility in all stages of the research process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Ensuring that all partners\u2014whether from the community or the university\u2014have a meaningful role in shaping goals and making decisions together.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Supporting clear communication and transparency by sharing results, updates, and lessons learned in ways that are useful to the community.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Highlighting real-world examples of how communities and researchers are working side by side to solve problems and create change.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Audience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Community members, students, healthcare practitioners, and researchers interested in community-campus partnerships for health research<\/span><\/p>\n

    Plenary Speaking Team –\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n