Community Engagement

We build capacity for researchers to partner with people and communities, ensuring that clinical and translational research translates into better health for rural New England.

We seek to improve health by encouraging community-based research and by ensuring that community engagement occurs across the full spectrum of clinical and translational research. We believe that partnership between researchers and communities more effectively translates research into policy, practice and more.

SYNERGY Community Partners

Northern New England CO-OP Practice & Community Based Research Network (NNE CO-OP PCBRN)

A key community partner defined on the page:

  • Sponsored by the Department of Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock, and Geisel School of Medicine
  • In collaboration with University of Vermont and MaineHealth
  • Operates as a practice-based research network (PBRN)
  • Enables primary care clinicians to develop research skills and conduct studies in partnership with patients, academic researchers, and their communities
  • The oldest continuously operating PBRN in the U.S., focused on improving patient outcomes and integrating patient values into research conducted in community-practice settings