Community Led Innovative Research

In this powerful episode of The Bridge Your Health Your Voice, host Paris Barnes welcomes our Executive Director of the PATIENTS Program, Dr. Daniel Mullins, and Pastor Franklin Lance, Senior Pastor of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church. Together, they unveil a transformative initiative led by the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy’s PATIENTS Program, in collaboration with other UMB schools and external partners.Funded by the NIH, this initiative positions UMB as ahealth research hub, supporting Community-Led Research Projects (CRPs) through a four-unit structure focused on administration, research methods, capacity building, and community engagement. Pastor Lance shares the origin of his partnership with Dr. Mullins, rooted in trust and a shared mission to address health disparities in West Baltimore. Listeners will gain insight into. The importance of CommunityLed Research partners. How trust and authenticityshape sustainable partnerships.This episode is a testament to the power of faith,science, and community coming together to drive meaningful change.Research reported in this podcast is supportedby the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UC2CA293782. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.Visithttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-patients-program to stay updated onboth past and upcoming episodes.To watch this episode and more, visit ourYouTube channel ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf5TFMW2PWhKdIEaP2F9xN213vrkTrv9_⁠Subscribe to ourYouTube Channel https://bit.ly/SubscribetoourYouTubeChannelWebsite⁠http://patients.umaryland.edu⁠Facebook⁠https://www.facebook.com/PATIENTSProgram/⁠Twitter⁠https://twitter.com/PatientsProgramInstagram https://www.instagram.com/thepatientsprogram/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-patients-program ]