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. 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.
COMMUNITY ADVISORY ACTION BOARD MEMBERSHIP
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Alexi Almonte
Senior Research Project Director, The Miriam Hospital -
Sarah Amin, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of SNAP-Ed & EFNEP, University of Rhode Island -
Jared Burrows, MBA
Supervisory Veterans Service Representative, Department of Veterans Affairs -
Dilenia Cruz Rodríguez
Lifestyle Coach and Community Health and Mental Wellness Specialist, Progreso Latino Wellness Center -
Rosaly Cuevas, MPA
Manager of Behavioral Health Network, Quality, and Policy, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island -
David Dankwah
Associate Pastor, Empowerment Temple Assembly of the International Central Gospel Church -
Chris Gadbois, DNP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health -
Joni Harris
Research Implementation Coordinator, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infants Hospital -
Tara Hayes
Family Voices Project Manager, Rhode Island Parent Information Network -
Katherine Linwood
Communications Manager, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT -
James Monteiro
Founder and Director, Reentry Campus Program -
Bianca Policastro
Executive Director, City of Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency -
Antonio Reisopoulos, MPA
Physician Assistant, Open Door Health -
Eric Tirrell
TMS Clinical Supervisor, Butler Hospital -
Adriana Vargas
Director of Community Relations, Providence Community Health Centers -
Michelle Wilson
Chief of the Health Equity Institute (HEI), Rhode Island Department of Health
We encourage you to contact us with your questions, ideas, needs, or feedback about our community-engaged research initiatives.