Community & Academic Partnership Pilot (CAPP) Program
Community-initiated translational research pilot projects that focus on community-identified health-related needs and involve collaborations between community organizations and researchers. It is expected that the research supported by each of these pilot awards will result in one or more publications and/or presentations, and will collect data that will be used to apply for funding from NIH or other funders to expand and continue the projects. The project should include a collaboration between the following:
- Leader(s) of a community organization located in Utah
- Researcher(s) affiliated with a Utah CTSI organization – University of Utah, Utah Department of Health, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, or Intermountain Healthcare
For additional information, please contact Breanne Johnson.
Past Recipients
| Year of Award | Investigators | Investigator Departments | Project Titles |
| 2024 |
Community Partner PI: Nichole Shepard, MPH, EP-C, Utah Dept of Health & Human Services |
College of Nursing | Community-academic partnership to co-develop strategies to promote equitable and sustainable delivery of chronic disease self-management education programs |
| 2024 |
Community Partner PI: Gloria Castaneda, United Way of Salt Lake |
Population Health Sciences | A real-time surveillance system for detecting local food insecurity spikes and informing timely interventions |
| 2023 |
Kevin S Shah MD (academic PI) Community Partner PI: Balaji Sudabattula, President of the India Cultural Center (ICC) of Utah |
Dept of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine | Characterizing and Improving Cardiovascular Health among Utah South Asians |
| 2023 |
Michelle Debbink, MD, PhD, University of Utah (UU (academic PI) Community Partner PI: Leilani Taholo, PhD, LCSW, Clinical Director of Child and Family Empowerment Services (CFES) |
Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ObGyn) | Wāhine Koa: Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander mothers claiming culturally integrated perinatal mental health care |
| 2021 | Anne Kirchhoff, PhD, MPH & Matt Slonaker, JD | Pediatrics | Improving Health Insurance Literacy among Utah’s Hispanic Community |
| 2020 | Anu Asnaani, PhD & Ana Sanchez-Birkhead, PhD, WHNP-BC, APRN | Psychology | Investigation of a Community-Level Definitions of Mental Health, Mental Health Priority Areas, and Barriers to Care Across Diverse Communities: Development of a Framework for Culturally-Responsive, Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions |
| 2020 | Anne Thackeray, PhD, PT, MPH & Sally Aerts | Physical Therapy & Athletic Training | Leveraging 911 Non-transport Falls Data |