Today’s guest is Ms. Leonore Okwara. Leonore has spent over a decade coordinating community based research projects and building trust between communities and researchers. Today in the cafe we discuss how she got started in research, how she builds trust in communities and some of the challenges of doing this type of work. Tune in for an interesting conversation.

About Leonore

Leonore Okwara, MPH is from San Diego, CA and the Founder of Public Health Research Consulting (PHRC). PHRC provides community engagement and trust building strategies through online courses, the Research in Community of Color Summit, Research Roundtables, speaking engagements, workshops, and webinars. Leonore has managed community-engaged research initiatives, nationally, within the nonprofit, academic, and government sectors over the past 15 years.

While working for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Leonore co-directed the Project Managers’ Research Group (PMRG) that served as a professional resource for departmental program managers, research coordinators, and research assistants. Because of this experience, Leonore understands the importance of bringing researchers together to share best practices and strategies for conducting and managing successful research studies.

Leonore has a BA in Sociology and received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Eastern Virginia Medical School. She is a military wife and a mother of three.

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonoreokwara/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/publichealthculture/

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