Project Dulce, facilitated by health experts from Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, provided an intensive three-day training to community health workers, equipping them with knowledge in diabetes care and education.
An SC CTSI-funded pilot study showed that a program helping seniors living independently could also benefit younger, formerly homeless adults experiencing accelerated aging and chronic mental health conditions.
Minority burn patients suffer more scar-related itch and fatigue than White patients, leading to longer, more difficult recoveries, according to a new study in the Journal of Burn Care and Research.
SC CTSI held its kick-off meeting for the Nickerson Gardens Coordinating Council, marking the commencement of a dedicated initiative to tackle healthcare challenges in the Nickerson Gardens community and initiate the provision of essential services.
Two physician-scientists at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have received grants to advance health equity in underserved communities, crediting their success in part to research skills they gained during their KL2 fellowships, a three-year career development program of SC CTSI.
Poster title: Machine Learning Approaches on Multimodal and Ambulatory Data to Predict Individual Symptom Course in Adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
SC CTSI's Community Engagement core group pioneers a model for trust and collaboration between academia and under-resourced communities. The initiative, based in Nickerson Gardens, addresses healthcare challenges identified through focused listening sessions.
Growing numbers of Los Angeles promotores de salud—Spanish-speaking community health workers—are gaining invaluable professional education in research methods and protections that could open the door to more Latino participation in academic health studies. The Southern Califor…
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