Programming | Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC)

Please join the CTSC for Research Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (READI) programming in 2023.

With three tracks, we’ll explore:

READI Research Policy Impact;
READI Special Populations; and
READI Community Engagement.

Each track is inspired by insights gleaned from READI news articles and Mission: Health Equity Challenge Series conversations and feedback. Topics and speakers within each series are listed below with registration links.

*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.

READI Research Policy Impact

One (1) hour of Continuing Research Education Credit (CREC) is being pursued for each webinar.

Be the research quarterback on your team. With the health equity ball in your hands, you’ll have a high impact on the short- and long-term outcomes of the game.

Title	Date	Time	Speakers
Pilots and Beyond: CTSC Research Impact on Legislative, Regulatory or Practice Policies	January 10, 2023	12PM-1PM	Clara Pelfrey, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Evaluation, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University Valerie Boebel Toly, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Health Policy 101	May 9, 2023	12PM-1PM	Amy Rohling McGee, MSW, Executive Director, Health Policy Institute of Ohio
A Local Perspective: Medical Research as a Tool for Influencing Public Policy	August 8, 2023	12PM-1PM	Nazleen Bharmal, MD, Associate Chief, Community Health & Partnerships, Cleveland Clinic Heidi Gartland, MHA, FACHE, CDM, Chief Government & Community Relations Officer University Hospitals A representative from MetroHealth's Office of Communications, Government and Communications

*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.

READI Special Populations Roundtable Talks

One (1) hour of Continuing Research Education Credit (CREC) is being pursued for each webinar.

Rural communities make up 72% of the nation’s land area, house 46 million people, and are essential to agriculture, natural resources, recreation, and environmental sustainability.

Title/Topic	Date	Time	Speakers
Disabilities: Physical - Movement	January 27, 2023	12PM-1PM	Cheryl Dudek, Cleveland FES Center Anne Bryden, Case Western Reserve University Kimberly Anderson, Case Western Reserve University
Race/Ethnicity: Black and African American Community	February 24, 2023	12PM-1PM	Yvonka Hall, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition
Race/Ethnicity: Ancestry and Health Disparities Research	March 24, 2023	12PM-1PM	Rick Kittles, PhD, Senior Vice President for Research, Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine
Geography: Rural (Cuyahoga/Summit Counties)	April 28, 2023	12PM-1PM	Prakash Ganesh, MD, Medical Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Health
Disabilities: Communication Disorders and Deaf/Hard of Hearing	May 26, 2023	12PM-1PM	Jennell Vick, PhD, Executive Director, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center Timothy Skaggs, Director, Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Sex/Gender: LGBTQIA+ Community	June 30, 2023	12PM-1PM	Harry Hawkins, Director, CWRU LGBT Center Kate Mozynski, Esq., Equality Ohio
Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic and Latino/a Community	September 29, 2023	12PM-1PM	Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Disabilities: Intellectual - Autism	October 27, 2023	12PM-1PM	Christa Mullis, Training Coordinator, Milestones Autism Resources
Geography: Rural (Portage/Lucas Counties)	November 17, 2023	12PM-1PM	Julie Aultman, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Disabilities: Invisible - Crohn’s and Colitis	December 1, 2023	12PM-1PM	Amy Btiebet Washington, Executive Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Northeast Ohio

*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.

READI Community Engagement Series

One (1) hour of Continuing Research Education Credit (CREC) is being pursued for each webinar.

Benefits of community engagement include: community healing, reclaiming a healthy identity, reconnecting with culture and spirituality, building relationships, and embracing individual and collective power.

Title	Date	Time	Speakers
Equity in Engagement: How to Engage Community Members as Researchers	March 7, 2023	12PM-1PM	Rebecca Baas, MPA, Manager, UH Rainbow Center for Child Health and Policy Sheena Brooks, Research Assistant, UH Rainbow Center for Child Health and Policy Mycal Brown, Director, Family Resiliency Program, Passages, Inc. Eva Johnson, MD, Pediatrics Specialist, UH Rainbow Steve Killpack, Vice Chair, Ohio Commission on Fatherhood, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network Demtrius Styles, LISW, Community Researcher
Equity in Engagement: Building Relationships with Community Health Workers to Advance Research	April 4, 2023	12PM-1PM	Alisa Sprague, LISW-S, Coordinator, Mental Health Intensive Case Management for Veterans with SMI, Louis Stokes VA Cleveland Medical Center Odiri Omobien, MSSA, LISW, Supervisor, Care Transitions, University Hospitals Marie Velez, MPA, Pathways HUB Project Lead and Supervisor, Better Health Partnership Jennifer Conti, RN, Manager of Population Health, MetroHealth
Equity in Engagement: Developing the Path from Community Researcher to Co-Author	May 2, 2023	12PM-1PM	Steven Cooke, PhD, Carleton University Audrey Giles, PhD, University of Ottawa Sam Miles, PhD, Queen Mary University of London Alicia Renedo, PhD, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.

Black History Makers Series

Join us every Thursday in February at noon via Zoom to hear from a local or national Black History Maker (BHM) advancing health equity.

If we stand tall it is because we stand on the shoulders of many ancestors. - African proverb

One (1) hour of Continuing Research Education Credit (CREC) is being pursued for each webinar.

Black History Maker	Date	Time	About the Black History Maker
Joel Bervell, Social Media Medical Educator and medical student	February 2	12PM-1PM	One medical student’s mission to end Black health disparities – and how he’s utilizing social media
Randy Vince, Jr., MD, inaugural Minority Men’s Health Director for the UH Cutler Center for Men	February 9	12PM-1PM	Randy Vince, Jr., MD, MS, joins University Hospitals Urology Institute to Lead Enterprise’s Focus on MInority Men’s Health
Michelle Browder, Activist, Artist, Owner, More Than Tours	February 16	12PM-1PM	Artist Michelle Browder Creates ‘Mothers of Gynecology’ Monument to Enslaved Women Who Endured Experiments
Linda Bradley, MD, Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Director, Center of Menstrual Disorders and Hysteroscopic Services, Cleveland Clinic	February 23	12PM-1PM	About Linda Bradley, MD

*Programming dates, times, and speakers are subject to change.

Fireside Chats with Leading Ladies

Join us three Fridays in March at noon via Zoom to hear from a local leading lady advancing health equity.

“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.”
- Anne Sweeney (Former President, Disney ABC Television Group)

Register: https://bit.ly/ctscwhm23

Leading Lady	Date	Time	About the Leading Lady
Celina Cunanan, MSN, Chief Diversity, Equity & Belonging Officer, University Hospitals	March 3	12PM-1PM	University Hospitals Names Celina Cunanan as Chief Diversity, Equity & Belonging Officer
Airica Steed, EdD, President & CEO, The MetroHealth System	March 10	12PM-1PM	MetroHealth Names Dr. Airica Steed as New President and CEO
Cynthia Kubu, PhD, Associate Director, Neuroethics Program, Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic Vice Dean for Faculty, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	March 17	12PM-1PM	About Cynthia Kubu, PhD
Jill Dietrich Mellon, JD, Executive Director/CEO, VA Northeast Ohio Health Care System	Available to view on demand on YouTube starting March 1	12PM-1PM	About Jill Dietrich Mellon, JD