There is a lack of understanding about how to achieve effective community engagement and contributions to translational research. This area is becoming increasingly recognized by national funding agencies as a critical need for developing effective and broad-reaching programs that lead to improvement in health outcomes. This talk is appropriate for anyone interested in community engagement, coalitions, and collaborative partnership efforts in translational research.
Dr. Rosenthal is chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Christiana Care, professor of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, and director of the Community Engagement and Outreach component of the Delaware Clinical and Translational Research ACCEL program. He was co-chair of the Philadelphia Allies Against Asthma Coalition, 2002-2010.