Presentation Title: Leveraging the Community Scientist Program to Conduct Community-Engaged Research
Speaker: Jessica Lee, MD, MS, AGSF, and Sophia Russell, MPH
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: MSB 2.103
Learning Format: In-Person and Online
Series Objectives:
- Apply the latest evidence with patients and practice evidence-based medicine.
- Discuss current research and its potential for application to patient care.
- Discuss the latest clinical practice guidelines relevant to clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe how hosting a feedback session with Community Scientists can inform and benefit research.
- Explain the ways in which the Community Scientist Program can tailor feedback sessions to best meet researchers’ needs.
- Discuss real-time use of the Community Scientists Program for grant applications and manuscript submissions.
Credit Designation:
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Event Disclosures:
Speakers:
Jessica Lee, MD, MS, AGSF, and Sophia Russell, MPH have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.
Planners and other Administrative Support:
Tanvi Gupta, MD, Aastha V Bharwad, MD, Philip Orlander, MD, Mark A Farnie, MD, Robby Wesley, DO, FACP, Andrew Sullivan, MD, Gabriel Aisenberg, MD, Jeffrey Chen, MD, Carley Allen, MD, Sanjana M Rao, MD, and Karla Abela, PhD, RN, CCRN, CPN have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.
Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.
Accreditation Statement:
- McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.