About Community Connect to Research

Community Connect to Research is a web-based health resource that supports communication with the public about the clinical research enterprise. The website was launched in April 2009 as an initiative of the Harvard Catalyst Community Engagement Program. It has evolved into a partnership among all three Boston-area Clinical and Translational Science groups, Boston University, Harvard University, and Tufts University. The site consists of several major sections:

  • In the Health Topics section, you can read about various health issues. Choose from 18 general health topics, and within these topic areas choose from 106 detailed health articles. Each of these health articles is linked with ongoing clinical trials in Massachusetts. You can view related clinical trials while browsing through individual health topics and articles or you can search the open clinical trials in Massachusetts.
  • The Understanding Research section explains the clinical research process. You can read short articles in this section, watch a video, or link to outside resources, including a clinical trials tutorial.
  • The Community Participation section describes how researchers, community organizations, and community members can work together in the research process. In particular, community-based participatory research is discussed and communities and community organizations in the Greater Boston Area are highlighted. Community organization members can also take a survey to provide feedback and information for future collaborative work.
  • Within the Health Resources section, you will find online health content provided by institutions associated with the Collaborative for Community Engagement and Research.

Community Connect to Research project team involves experts in health and medicine, public health, Community Based Participatory Research, and health informatics.

More Information

View our brochure for an overview of the Community Connect to Research website.

There are two versions of the brochure:

  1. If you want the brochure for personal use:

    Download_16x16 Download: Community Connect to Research Brochure (Requires Adobe Reader)

  2. If you are with a community organization or you are a medical professional and want the brochure for distribution purposes:

    Download_16x16 Download: Community Connect to Research Brochure: For Community Organizations and Medical Professionals (Requires Adobe Reader)

    In this brochure you can add your organization's contact information into the text box provided in the center of page. If you choose not to enter any text, this section will print out blank.

Printing Directions: This is a two sided brochure. First print page 1 and then manually feed it back into the printer in order to print page 2 on the opposite side. When printing, please select the "scale to print" option and trim edges manually after printing.

Contact Information

Send your comments about this site to: info@connecttoresearch.org

© Community Connect to Research, 2010