The CARDS are a perfect 10! The two groups of Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS) coordinated by WINRS just celebrated their 10th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, WINRS held Zoom parties with awards and comments from Dr. Linda Scott, the Dean of the School of Nursing, and Dr. Barbara Bowers, Director, …
Article Published on “The Power of The Personal” We were delighted to have a WINRS story published in the latest issue of Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (Johns Hopkins University Press). “The Power of The Personal: Breaking Down Stereotypes and Building Human Connections” is a reflection on our experience since 2010 facilitating meetings between research teams and the CARDS. Over …
Engaging veterans in healthcare research projects at the Minnesota Veterans Administration WINRS completed a 1-month consultation project with a research team at the Minnesota Veterans Administration Healthcare System, led by Laura Meis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota. WINRS helped plan the first meeting of a stakeholder engagement panel that will bring the voices …
WINRS collaborates with research team to develop a Patient and Caregiver Advisory Board WINRS is collaborating with Sara Fernandes-Taylor, PhD, Sharon Weber, MD, and Stephanie Campbell-Flohr, PhD in the UW-Madison Department of Surgery on the development of a Patient and Caregiver Advisory Board (PCAB). The PCAB will inform their work on patient-centered telemedicine programs for …
Newly published articles about the CARDS WINRS created its Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS) program in 2010 with a vision of bringing unheard voices into research. Seven years later, the CARDS are still going strong, meeting twice every month with researchers from UW-Madison and other institutions. How have we managed to sustain …
New year, new look! After creating a new brochure in September 2016, we got some very thoughtful feedback about the “look” of our logo. Some felt our former logo looked stodgy, didn’t say enough about the type of work WINRS actually does and made it appear that we only work in WI (when we have …