The Community Engagement program supports research that investigates, plans, applies and evaluates solutions to pressing public health problems. It focuses on bridging academic research, health policy and community practice to improve public health.
Community-Engaged Research
Increase community participation in all stages of research to improve research-based practice and stimulate practice-based research.
San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Research Network (SFBayCRN) is a practice-based research network (PBRN) designed to encourage, facilitate and lead mutually beneficial practice-based research partnerships between UCSF researchers and community-based primary health care organizations, practices and clinicians in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. We provide consultation, linkage and pilot funding.
Partnerships
Foster strong relationships for research collaboration between community health providers, policy makers and academic researchers.
San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership (SF HIP) is a partnership between community, civic, academic, and other public and private stakeholders to collaboratively plan, implement, and evaluate systematic, well-coordinated interventions to make a measurable impact on the health of San Franciscans and reduce health disparities.
See a list of our Community Partners
Policy Guidance
Provide research and guidance for policy changes at the local, state and national levels.
Consultations are available for policy and community-engaged research projects that require input on community research methods, study design, partnership strategies, dissemination, evaluation goals, or advisory board development.
Resources & Services
Identify key research opportunities and support the development of useful research tools.
Training services include sessions on research and evaluation literacy for community agencies, dissemination and media training for researchers, community-based participatory research and full courses on Implementation Science.
Publications, written by UCSF faculty, staff, and community partners and arranged in a clear and informative format, include Resource Manuals and Quick-Start Guides to Community-Engaged Research for academic and community partners.