Caribbean Exploratory NIMHD Research Center University of the Virgin Islands School of Nursing

5th Annual Health Disparities Institute

Ending Health Disparities: Health, Environmental, and Social Justice in the Caribbean and Beyond

Grant Support: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH (# P20MD002286).

Caribbean ExploratoryNIMHD Research CenterUniversity of the Virgin Islands

School of Nursing

Edith M. Ramsay-Johnson, EdDDirector, Research Education/Training

Core

Value of CERC to the US Virgin IslandsResearch Education/Training Core

Research Scholar Program

Objective Prepare community partners to participate in

and/or conduct research on minority health or health disparities

Strategy Invitational Facilitative Research Institute

Research Scholar Program

Training

Mentoring

Empowerment

Research Scholar ProgramTraining

Invitational Facilitative Research Institute

101 Community partners invited

14 Attended

8 Additional training

4 Scholars

Research Scholar ProgramMentoring CERC Research Scholars

E. Aracelis Francis, DSW

Doris W. Campbell, PhD

Sandra Millon Underwood, PhD Faye Gary,

EdD

Gloria Callwood, PhD

Edith M. Ramsay-Johnson, EdD

Research Scholar Program

Empowerment Pilot Studies

Podium presentations Poster presentations

Publications

Research Scholar Program

Concept Paper

Proposal Development

UVI IRB Approval

NIMHD Approval

Study Implementatio

n

Greta Hart-Hyndman, DNP Francis Callwood, MA