Sarah Forrester

Sarah Forrester, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Epidemiology
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences 

Research, Education and Training – Fostering, developing, and amplifying existing as well as new infrastructure to support the education, mentorship, and scholarly productivity of collaborative, community engaged and interprofessional research efforts is the focus of this pillar. Through dissemination of a competitively applied Community Investment Fund (CIF), the voices and priorities of communities who have been historically underrepresented and marginalized will be centered. Meaningful community-driven, community-led and community-anchored research, educational, and service opportunities will engage learners, faculty, staff, as well as community stakeholders. There will be focused attention on employing community-based participatory research principles throughout. Priority will also be on illuminating the social determinants of health (SDOH) which are impacting communities and explore community and public service opportunities to jointly address them. Cultivating sustained and trust-based research, service, and educational community engagement will aim to transform health care access, use, research participation, and outcomes across vulnerable, underserved, and historically marginalized communities.