Bridging campus and community: announcing Pilot Grant awardees for Community-Engaged Research Funding

Community Health Partnerships’ pilot funding program, the Trailblazer Award, is awarded each year to teams of community and academic partners to conduct community-engaged pilot research and evaluation projects that aim to improve the health of Indiana residents. Awards are up to $25,000 for a two-year pilot project.

In August, Community Health Partnerships awarded pilot funding to three teams of community and academic partners. This year’s funded projects focus on adolescent mental health and resilience, youth suicide prevention, and food security in a rural Indiana county.

Congratulations to the Awardees!

Development, evaluation, and sustainment of a youth participatory action research program to address youth suicide
Lauren O’Reilly, Indiana University School of Medicine
Jonathon Wattley, Building a Stronger Family

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Lauren O’Reilly
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Jonathon Wattley

Identifying community food strategies to improve food access in Benton County, IN
Laura Murray-Kolb, Purdue University
Emily Seiger, Purdue University
Miranda Wirtz, Benton County Health Department

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Laura Murray-Kolb
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Emily Seiger
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Miranda Wirtz

Co-designing a caregiver-involved intervention to address and support adolescent mental health
Natalie Guerrero, Indiana University School of Medicine
Crystal Givens, Starfish Initiative

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Natalie Guerrero
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Crystal Givens

Sarah Glock