Capacity Building and Training Initiatives
Facutly in our Center have extensive experience
in capacity building and training in 5 areas

T-32: Research on Vulnerable Women, Children, & Families
Designed to train pre- and Post-doctoral students on research strategies to improve health equity among vulnerable women, children, and families

Mentoring/Education
- To develop a cadre of researchers
- To provide training
- To advance the science
- To build research and training partners from across campus and across the nation
- 16 pre and 19 post doctoral students

Penn-Botswana HIV Prevention Research Capacity Building Project
Designed to build research capacity of University of Botswana faculty to develop, implement and evaluate sustainable HIV prevention programs for adolescents.

HIV Prevention Replication and Dissemination Program
Designed to develop, implement and evaluate train-the-trainer programs to use "Sister to Sister" an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention.

Office of Adolescent Health's Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
Designed to conduct train-the-trainer model for the translation and dissemination of 22 evidenced-based programs identified by the CDC to reduce teen pregnancy. Eight of the 22 programs are Dr. Jemmott's. (www.selectmedia.org)

Summer Nursing Research Institute (SNRI)
Researches to conduct culturally competent health disparities in research in a 2-week summer intensive research training program.

Mentorship & Training
- Goal: To train novice nurse researchers from across the country to conduct culturally competent health disparities research.
- Program: A 2-week summer intensive research training program conducted over 2 years.
- Participants: In the past 5 years - 60 SNRI Fellows, 40% are ethnic minority faculty
- Outcomes: 50% received funding from their work, 100% publications and presentations, & numerous promotions.

Hampton University - University off Penn Health Disparities Research Partnership
Designed to further health disparity research at both institutions.