Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) has created an Institute for Public Health Research and Excellence to promote best practices through quality education, training, technology, evidence-based research and effective partnerships that bridges academia and the local community knowledge.

Institute Mission and Scope

The Institute houses research projects, promote the submission of grant applications, and assist in the evaluation and design of ongoing State and community programs. The following are objectives of the Institute:

1. Development of measurable process and outcome objectives for ongoing public health programs
2. Data collection and sampling
3. Instrument development
4. Data analysis
5. Grant writing assistance and funding search
6. Recruitment and retention of research participants
7. Development of evaluation and training workshops
8. Public Health Education
9. Building Community partnerships
10. Housing of CUPHD and advisory board personnel and trainees for relevant research and evaluation projects

Institute Governance

The Institute is administered by a Governing Board comprised of the Institute's three Directors and CUHPD associates designated by the CUPHD Board of Health. The Institute Director's liaison with the CUPHD Board of Health.

The Governing Board has the authority to select projects and authorize trainees and personnel to execute work at CUPHD. Projects are selected based on potential community benefit and research quality.

Documents

Biographical sketch form
Project collaboration agreement

For more information or to collaborate with the Institute please contact: phire@c-uphd.org