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Hello, Colleagues and Friends! Welcome to the October 2019 edition of the CHC Advocate. With this edition, we provide information on an exciting initiative we are involved in at the regional level with the UAB Clinical and Translational Sciences community-engagement work. Also, check out the information about the All of Us Research Program to learn more about this initiative and how to enroll.
We are proud of the 13 students who successfully completed the STARS and STRIPES summer enrichment program. Be sure to read about the event and check out the video of the students’ experiences.
We hope you find this newsletter useful and look forward to working with you in the future.
Thank you for all you do for the health of our community!
Errol D. Crook, M.D.
Director of the USA Center for Healthy Communities
Abraham A. Mitchell Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine
PI of the NIMHD Center of Excellence In Health Disparities
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Starting in 2015, the Center for Healthy Communities has played an integral role in support of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (UAB CCTS) initiative to forge a Regional Community Engagement Consortium. The initiative sought to share and integrate the knowledge and practices of CCTS partners, given the crucial role of patient and community engagement as a key component of successful translational research. 
USA Health is working with the All of Us Research Program to speed up health research and medical breakthroughs. As part of a national effort, All of Us is asking volunteers in our area to share different types of health and lifestyle information, such as where they live, what they do and their family health history.
Sponsored each year by Gloria Carter, a CHA with the USA Center for Healthy Communities, the Rainbow Cancer Walk was given its origin for three main causes; as a way to memorialize lives lost to cancer, to celebrate cancer survivors and to educate the community on the different forms of cancer.
On July 12, the CHC Center of Excellence hosted a closing ceremony to recognize13 high school students for their successful completion of the STARS and STRIPES Summer Enrichment program. This year’s class was made up of five rising juniors (Student Training for Academic Reinforcement in the Sciences - S.T.A.R.S.), and eight rising seniors (Special Training to Raise Interest and Prepare for Entry into the Sciences - S.T.R.I.P.E.S.) from four local high schools.
On October 25, 2019, Dr. Roma Hanks – Director Community Outreach for the Center for Healthy Communities – will be one of the featured keynote speakers for the 7th Annual Generational Resiliency Conference. 
