Brief History
INNOVATIONS in Community Research is a community-collaborative program through which clinical psychologists work with community groups and not-for profit agencies to enhance outcomes for underserved children, adolescents, and families in the Cincinnati community. INNOVATIONS is co-directed by two female faculty members (Drs. Lori Crosby and Monica Mitchell) within the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). As clinicians and researchers, these women have experience and expertise in a broad range of topics related to health disparities and community issues:
- violence prevention
- health disparities
- sickle cell disease
- childhood nutrition
- school readiness
- community-based assessment and intervention
In addition, INNOVATIONS team members are proficient in qualitative and quantitative research design and methods, including survey development and focus group conduct, program evaluation, and refinement, including implementing relationship- and developmentally-based models of care, and cultural competence training.
