Advance-CTR
Community Advisory Action Board
The Advance-CTR CAAB is a governance board that reflects Rhode Island’s diverse community
We encourage you to contact us with your questions, ideas, needs, or feedback about our community-engaged research initiatives.
Community Advisory Action Board
The Advance-CTR CAAB is a governance board that reflects Rhode Island’s diverse community
About the Community Advisory Action Board (CAAB)
The mission of the Community Advisory Action Board (CAAB) is to translate research from Advance RI-CTR into clinical public health practice and policy. The CAAB Chair, Bianca Policastro, and CAAB members meet quarterly to solicit community feedback about research projects and to propose research projects to the CEO Core and all CTR affiliated scholars, trainees and staff. Additionally, CAAB members help the CEO Core facilitate effective communication and development of academic-community partnership teams while helping define the priorities of Advance RI-CTR.
| Name | Organization | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Reisopolis | Open Door Health | Physician Assistant |
| Bianca Policastro (Chair) | City of Pawtucket | Director of Planning, City of Pawtucket |
| Michelle Wilson | RI Department of Health | Chief, Office of Minority Health |
| Rosaly Cuevas | BCBS RI | Manager of Behavioral Health, Network Quality and Policy |
| Ray Joseph | AIDS Care Ocean State | Project Manager for Substance Use |
| Maureen Maigret | Age Friendly RI | Vice Chair of RI Long Term Care Coordinating Council |
| Tara Hayes | RIPIN | Family Voices Program Manager |
| Gina Marie Doherty | VA | Veteran |
| Dan McGuire | Providence Community Health Centers | Director of Population Health |
| Megan Buie | Care New England | Senior Director, Sponsored Programs and Research Administration |
| Eric Tirrell | Butler Hospital | COBRE Center for Neuromodulation |
| Alexi Almonte | Lifespan | Project Director, Miriam Hospital Immunology Center |
| Sarah Amin | University of Rhode Island | Assistant Professor (URI); Community Nutrition Education Director |
| David Dankwah | African Church in Pawtucket | Pastor, PhD in Public Health |
| Rosa Sierra | Intimacy Resource Center | Intimacy Educator and Doula |
We encourage you to contact us with your questions, ideas, needs, or feedback about our community-engaged research initiatives.