Pilot Projects and Feasibility Studies Core

Goal:
The primary goal for the Pilot Projects and Feasibility Studies Core (hereafter the PC) is to develop the capacity for community-based participatory research studies that address minority health and health disparities in an ethical, innovative, scientifically sound and community focused manner. Therefore, our objectives are:

Objective 1: Work with community partners, the CRAB, and investigators to create a set of principles that will foster participatory research at the University of Pittsburgh.

Objective 2: Activate and prepare potential pilot project investigators to submit high quality proposals that meet the principles developed by the PC.

Objective 3: Create a review process that funds 2 high quality new pilot projects or feasibility studies per year that address community concerns about areas of health disparities or the determinants of such disparities.

Objective 4: Link the PC's call for new proposals to activities of the Training Core, the
Research cores, and the Community Outreach and Information Dissemination Core.

Pilot Studies Core / Call for Proposals

Drs. Quinn and Pincus will notify applicants in writing of the results of the review process. Prior to beginning the study, the investigators are responsible for securing approval from the University of Pittsburgh’s Institutional Review Board.

Timeline:

Please submit letter of intent via e-mail to the following address: EXPORTPilots@cmh.pitt.edu

or via campus mail to:

Sandra Quinn, Ph.D.
Co-Director, EXPORT Pilot Projects and Feasibility Studies Core
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Graduate School of Public Health
230 Parran Hall