UGA Faculty Research Seminar: Collaborate on Improving Statewide Health, Leveraging New Research Support & Opportunities-SUMMARY


A day spent learning about Georgia CTSA resources, statewide health challenges, resources, and research. With specific time spent learning about the Georgia Cooperative Extension and Archway Partnership.

August 17, 2018 | Health Sciences Campus, Russell Hall Room 235, UGA

NOTES | PHOTOS

9:00 am
Registration Opens

9:30–10:45 am
Welcome, Overview of conference and resources/funding for research teams

Opening Remarks
David Lee, Vice President for Research

Conference Purpose and Intended Outcomes of Breakout Sessions
Debbie Murray, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, CBRES committee, Georgia CTSA Community Engagement Co-Director

New Resources and Opportunities through the Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (CTSA) and UGA Clinical and Translational Unit
Brad Phillips
Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Department Head, Milliken-Reeve Professor College of Pharmacy
Director, UGA Clinical and Translational Research Unit
Co-PI, Georgia CTSA

The Statewide Footprint
Sharon Liggett
Archway Operations Coordinator
CBRES Committee and CTSA Community Engagement

Overview of Cooperative Extension
Laura Perry Johnson
Director Georgia Cooperative Extension
Associate Dean of Extension, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Overview of Archway Partnership
Robert Gordon
Director, Archway Partnership

10:45–11:15 am
Research Team Vignettes

Improving Chronic Respiratory Illness and Medication Use in Adolescents
Henry Young, Kroger Associate Professor

University of Georgia Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
Jung Sun Lee, Professor, Foods and Nutrition
College of Pharmacy College of Family and Consumer Sciences

11:15-11:30 am
Survey Feedback and Topics
Carla Moore
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Foods and Nutrition
College of Family and Consumer Sciences
CBRES Committee and CTSA Community Engagement

11:30-11:45 am
Statewide Demographic Perspective
David Tanner
Carl Vinson Institute of Government

So What Does This Mean for Health and the Work We Do?
Marsha Davis
Professor and Associate Dean for Outreach
Office of Outreach and Engagement, Health Promotion & Behavior
College of Public Health

12:00-12:30 pm
Lunch and Networking

12:30 – 2:30pm
Breakout Sessions

Rural Health/Community Based Participatory & Intervention Research
Henry Young, College of Pharmacy
Brad Phillips, College of Pharmacy

Physical Health: Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes, Nutrition
Carla Moore, College of Family and Consumer Sciences
Sharon Liggett, Archway Partnership

Opioid/Behavioral Health
Rachel Fusco, School of Social Work
Debbie Murray, College of Family and Consumer Sciences

2:30 – 2:45 pm
Break

2:45 – 3:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Brad Phillips

3:30-4:30pm
109 Bowstrom
CTRU Open House
Meet staff that can help your team complete your research