Faculty

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Sarena D. Seifer
Research Associate Professor
MD  
University of California (San Francisco), 1989
Medicine
MS  
Georgetown University, 1985
Physiology
BA  
Washington University, 1984
Biology

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Social and Behavioral Sciences Track, (MPH program)

Sarena Seifer directs Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering partnerships between communities and educational institutions that improve health professions education, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities. Please visit the CCPH website, below, for more information.

Contact Information
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
University District Building
1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 345
Box:  354809
Seattle, WA 98195-4809
(voice)  206-616-4305     (fax)  206-685-6747
sarena@u.washington.edu
Research Interests
Community-based Participatory Research
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
Partners in Caring and Community: Service-Learning in Nursing Education
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
PI:   Seifer           Dates:    07/2001 - 07/2008
The major goals of this program is to 1) facilitate the integration of service learning into curriculum of nursing education programs; 2) increase the understanding of and support for service-learning in nursing edu.; 3) disseminate new knowledge about best practices in service-learning & nursing education.

The Healing of the Canoe
National Institutes of Health
PI:   Donovan           Dates:    10/2006 - 09/2007
The goal of this project is to develop and pilot test a field guide to community-based participatory research.

Examining Community Partnerships for Prevention Research
Association of Schools of Public Health
PI:   Seifer           Dates:    10/2002 - 09/2005
The major goal of this project is to build the capacity of communities to engage in community-based research partnerships with academic institutions.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
University of California - San Francisco
PI:   Seifer           Dates:    08/1999 - 04/2004
The goal of this project is to promote collaborative efforts between the Un of WA and community-based health agencies.


Dissertation, Thesis and Capstone Committees (recent graduates)
2005
Member, thesis committee for Marla Russo
Under the covers: A content analysis of sex and birth control in Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Seventeen magazines


Links
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health