About: A special feature of this year's Health Equity Research Intensive (HERI) is a collaborative workshop on Sept 27, 2022 where attendees will co-create a definition of inclusive and equitable health research and a vision of what it will take to get there. Through interactive activities and small group break-outs, attendees will have opportunity to learn, share and, most importantly, connect with others who are committed to advancing health equity, systems change and inclusivity through their research work.

Who should attend? Priority will be made for voices from communities to attend as we collectively define inclusive health research and share challenges they're experiencing and approaches that they think are best for their community.

Costs to participate? Free for community members! Community members will receive compensation for taking part in the workshop.

What can I expect to get out of this workshop? Facilitation methods and collaboration tools that support equitable partnerships and inclusivity will be demonstrated in the workshop through active learning techniques. Visual representations of the discussions will be developed and shared with attendees and external audiences, as tangible outcomes from the workshop. Workshop attendees will receive attribution as co-creators for products when they are disseminated. The workshop aims to generate innovative solutions towards achieving inclusive research through mutual learning among all attendees.


Frequently Asked Questions:

• What if I want to attend but am not a community member? Please send an email to cher@unc.edu stating your interest. We will connect with you as soon as we can if spots are available for attending.
• Do I need to attend the others days of the Health Equity Research Intensive to participate? No, not at all. You will be joined by other attendees from the previous days, but no prior knowledge from the intensive is required to participate. 

Visit go.unc.edu/HERI2022 for more details.