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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Presenters: Susan Gershwin–Montview Community School Coordinator; Veronica Marquez–Montview Active Parent President; Hannah Lecount–Montview Assistant Principal; Elizabeth “B” Lewis–Aurora Public Schools Family Advocacy and Community Engagement Manager.

This presentation was not recorded.

The Food Justice Movement in Northwest Aurora

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Presenters: Caitlin Matthews (she/ella), Executive Director of the Food Justice Northwest Aurora, Imelda Gutierrez (she/ella), Community Organizer at Food Justice Northwest Aurora, Jorge Michovich (he/él), Community Organizer at Food Justice Northwest Aurora.

Trailhead Institute

Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025

Presenters: Gillian Grant, MPH - Trailhead Institute, Senior Program Manager, Wanda Eiland, RHC Region 20, Megan Wise, RHC Region 10, Lyndie Kenlon, AmeriCorps Senior Manager, Kayla Cibic, MPH, Workforce Development Manager, Raquel Lucero, Community Health Worker.

Climate Medicine at CU

January 15, 2025

Presenter: Bhargavi Chekuri, MBBS, MD, MS 

Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Area Health Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Centers (COAHEC)

November 19, 2024

Presenter: Josina Romero O’Connell, MD, Director of COAHEC, Office of the Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs

The Disability Experience

October 15, 2024

Presenters: Alicia Wong, MD, MPH, MA, and Julie Reiskin, MSW

• Due to an unforeseen error, this meeting was not recorded

Wellness, Opportunity, Resiliency, Through Health (WORTH) Program

September 17, 2024

Presenters: Megan Robins and Jessie Henderson, CPFS

DFM Monthly Meeting with CEP and Village Exchange Center (VEC)

August 14, 2024

Presenters: Andrea Zimmer, MPPA and Jonathan LaMare, MSW

• Video interview with VEC's Co-Founder and Executive Director Amanda Blaurock

Building Inclusive Healthcare: Understanding and Supporting LGBTQ+ Needs 

June 18, 2024

Presenter: Steven Burton, MPH

DFM Community Engagement Program Update

May 21, 2024

CU School of Medicine’s Rural Program

April 16, 2024

Presenter: Drs. Megan Lykke and Mark Deutchman 

Arapahoe County Public Health Community Syphilis Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå and Outreach

March 19, 2024

Current project to gain community input through focus groups & presentations and the plans to share testing and treatment information about syphilis to communities and vulnerable groups [such as MSM, Transgender women, and the Black, Latinx and Indigenous populations] in Arapahoe County and the Denver Metro areas.

Presenter: Carrie Knowlton, DNP, MPH, RN 

School-based Health Clinics: Youth Healthcare Alliance of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå 

February 20, 2024

Presenters: Aubrey Hill, Executive Director Mariana and Ledezma Amorosi, Director of Community Engagement

Aurora Community Engagement Resident Leadership Council (RLC) in coordination with the Central Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (ODEICE) 

January 16, 2024

Presenters: Gabriela Jacobo, ODEICE Director of Community Engagement and Resident Leadership Council Convener and Binisha Shresta, RLC Member

Older Adult Research Specialists (OARS)

November 21, 2023

Promoting an age-inclusive research workforce and new ways to connect older adults and other underrepresented populations with research. 

Presenters: Kathyrn Nearing, PhD, MA and Jodi Waterhouse, MHA

Aurora Wellness Community Update 

October 17, 2023

Presenter: Lisa Neal-Graves, CEO 

Vuela for Health’s Diabetes Prevention Program for the Latino Community 

September 19, 2023

Presenter: Diana Pineda, BA and Executive Director 

Roshni and New American Arts Festival

August 15, 2023

Focus on immigrant and refugee mental health. 

DFM Community Engagement Program (CEP) Team Update 

Presenters: Deepali Lindblom, Heather Bleacher MD, Gilbert Achay, and Sheryl Harrington 

Project HairCare

May 16, 2023

Changing the Stories of Mental Health in Black Owned Barbershops and Salons 

Presenters: Alex Reed, PsyD, MPH, and Terri Richardson, MD 

Student Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Engagement

April 18, 2023

Janet Meredith and 5 medical students on topics including discrimination in healthcare, teen obesity, refugee 
health, and disparities in infant mortality in the 
African American community.

Presenter: Janet Meredith, MBA 

Intro to CE Methodologies

March 21, 2023

An overview of Community Engagement principles and methods with the following learning objectives: 

• Learn why community engagement is a key component of research to address health equity. 
• Determine the strengths and weaknesses of various methods for specific research. 
• Explain basic steps to engage communities and build the trust necessary to sustain effective partnerships 

Presenter: Don Nease, MD 

Partners Engaged in Achieving Change in Health (PEACHnet)

February 21, 2023

Their community-focused work in western Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå. 

Presenters: Andrea Nederveld, MD MPH, Margery Brennan, and Elizabeth Bell 

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇå Family Medicine Residency (UCFMR) Population Health, Advocacy, and Community Engagement (PHACE) Curriculum

January 27, 2023

Presenter: Heather Bleacher, MD, MPH 

HPRN: High Plains Research Network’s COMET Program

December 20, 2022

Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory. A community collaboration to prevent mental and emotional health crises in rural communities.

Presenters: Linda Zittleman, Maret Felzien, and Kristen Curcija