Past Meetings
May 23, 2025
Christina Kraus, MD
Presenters: Christina Kraus, MD
From Silence to Science: Community-Engaged Research in Vulvar Skin Disease
February 28, 2025
Nahla Kayali
Presenters: Nahla Kayali
The Power of Collaboration in Research: AccessCal and Its University Partnerships
September 13, 2024
Jung-Ah Lee, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Presenters: Jung-Ah Lee, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Community-based demential family caregiver support intervention: Empowering underserved caregivers with limited English proficiency
June 21, 2024
Denise Diaz Payán, MPP, PhD
Presenter: Denise Diaz Payán, MPP, PhD
Community-engaged research (CEnR) to improve the charitable food system in Orange County
March 8, 2024
Marian Ryan MD, PhD, MPH
Presenters: Marian Ryan MD, PhD, MPH.
Health enhancing connection to at-risk seniors during COVID-19
December 8, 2023
Alyson Zalta, PhD Garrett Chan, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Presenters: Alyson Zalta, PhD & Garrett Chan, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Examining the Nature and Consequences of Moral Injury in Frontline Nurses during COVID-19
Nakia C. Best, PhD, RN Eden Donahue, DNP, RN, PHN, NCSN
Presenters: Nakia Best, PhD, RN & Eden Donahue, DNP, RN, PHN, NCSN
The Impact of COVID-19 on School Nurses and School Health Services
September 29, 2023
Kate Kuhlman, PhD Nazly Restrepo, MSW
Presenters: Kate Kuhlman, PhD & Nazly Restrepo, MSW
Predictors of Mental Health Needs and Service Utilization Among Adolescents in the Aftermath of COVID-19
Jessica Borelli, PhD Francisca (Nena) Leal
Presenters: Jessica Borelli, PhD & Francisca (Nena) Leal
Exploring pathways to post-COVID resilience in Santa Ana via Promotora-led Community Engagement
June 14, 2023
Dave Lugo, BA Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD
Presenters: Dave Lugo, BA & Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD
Social support and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative community-based survey of postpartum women
Karen Lindsay, PhD Trina Robertson, MS, RDN
Presenters: Karen Lindsay, PhD & Trina Robertson, MS, RDN
Public Health Nutrition Academic-Community Partnership
November 4, 2022
Maritza Salazar, PhD
Presenter: Maritza Salazar, PhD, MSW Assistant Professor, Organization & Management, Paul Merage School of Business, UCI
Nakia C. Best, PhD, RN
Presenter: Nakia C. Best, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, UCI
Mitigating COVID spread in Schools: An Interdisciplinary Approach
October 28, 2022
Alana LeBron
Presenter: Alana LeBron, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Public Health; Assistant Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies, UCI
Community-Academic Partnerships for Racial Justice and Health Equity
July 23, 2021
Gabe Rosales
Presenters: Gabe Rosales, PhD candidate, Criminology, Law, and Society; Founder VNON & Naomi Sugie, Associate Professor, Criminology, Law, and Society
Prison Pandemic
Valerie Pham
Presenters: Valerie Pham, PhD candidate, School of Nursing Science & Dung Hua, Vietnamese-American Cancer Foundation
COVID-19 among Vietnamese-American Cancer Patients and Survivors
April 16, 2021
Sharon Ishikawa
Presenter: Sharon Ishikawa, OC Healthcare Agency, Behavioral Health
A Snapshot of Emotional Well-being in Orange County During COVID-19
January 24, 2020
Sanghyuk Shin, PhD
Presenter: Sanghyuk Shin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sue and Bill Gross School Of Nursing
Climate Change, Social Determinants, and the Global Threat of Infectious Diseases
October 25, 2019
Charlie Zender
Presenter: Charlie Zender, Professor, Earth systems Science, UCI
Health Impacts of Climate Change
July 26, 2019
Sora Tanjasiri
Presenter: Sora Tanjasiri, UCI Cancer Center
Partnership for cancer health disparities research
April 26, 2019
Jane Chai
Presenter: Jane Chai, OC Healthcare Agency
OCHealthierTogether.org website demonstration and orientation
January 25, 2019
Ria Berger
Presenter: Ria Berger, Healthy Smiles for Kids OC
Teledentistry program, best practices, metrics for success, grant-making, needs assessment
October 24, 2018
Brit Daniel Cervantes
Presenter: Brit Daniel Cervantes, UCI Gender Diversity Program
Healthcare for transgender and gender-expansive children, teens and young adults
August 27, 2018
Hai Huang
Presenter: Hai Huang, Boat People SOS (BPSOS)
Mission to empower, organize, and equip Vietnamese individuals and communities in their pursuit of liberty and dignity.
June 25, 2018
Cheryl Meronk
Presenter: Cheryl Meronk, CalOptima
Programs that CalOptima fund, CalOptima’s role in the Orange County Community Indicators reports, and healthcare successes and needs of Orange County residents.
April 23, 2018
Jane Stoever
Presenter: Jane Stoever, UCI Domestic Violence Clinic
Multiple oppressions domestic violence survivors face: Domestic violence victims should not have to choose between deportation and medical care
February 26, 2018
Candace Burton
Presenter: Candace Burton, UCI Nursing Science
Getting Under Your Skin: Trauma and Epigenetics Research in Intimate Partner Violence
October 23, 2017
Jack Light
Presenter: Jack Light, St Jude Medical Center
Community Engaged Research: Needs Assessment and Impact Evaluation: A Caregiver Intervention Program
August 28, 2017
Jessica Borelli
Presenter: Jessica Borelli, UCI Psychology and Social Behavior
Partnering with Community Agencies In the Service of Helping Families Improve Mental Health
June 26, 2017
Alana LeBron
Presenter: Alana LeBron, UCI Public Health
Government-issued ID Polices and Health Equity
April 24, 2017
Monique Daviss
Presenter: Monique Daviss, El Sol Science and Arts Academy
Why El Sol does partnered Research
February 27, 2017
Margaret Schneider, PhD
Presenter: Margaret Schneider, PhD, UCI, Social Ecology
Evaluation as a subset of research
January 23, 2017
Ria Berger
Presenter: Ria Berger, Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County
Positioning organization for success with funding by leveraging research
October 24, 2016
Jodi Quas
Presenter: Jodi Quas, UCI, Psychology and Social Behavior
Partnered research in the courts

CalOptima Seminar Flyers (English) (Language)
August 22, 2016
Jane Chai
Presenter: Jane Chai, Orange County Health Care Agency
The State of Health in OC: Healthier Together website
April 25, 2016
Barry Ross
Presenter: Barry Ross, St Joseph Health
Leveraging research to impact health policy
February 22, 2016
Valarie Sanchez
Presenter: Valarie Sanchez, UCI, IRB
Institutional Review Board
January 25, 2016
Sharon Boles
Presenter: Sharon Boles, Children & Families Commission of Orange County
Research versus Evaluation
October 26, 2015
Dara Sorkin
Presenter: Dara Sorkin, UCI School of Medicine (Partnered with AltaMed Health)
Research partnerships between academic and community entities
August 24, 2015
Pam Pimentel
Presenter: Pam Pimentel, MOMs Orange County
What a CCRI award can do for a CBO
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