CIRA Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG): "Disseminating Research to Participants & Other Community Members: A Group Discussion"

Alana Rosenberg, SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, Yale University:

Alana Rosenberg is project manager at the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, where she manages qualitative research projects aimed at understanding cancer diagnosis and care during and after incarceration, and COVID mitigation in prisons and jails. Previously she managed two projects funded by the National Institute of Health on the impact of mass incarceration on health at the Yale School of Public Health: the Justice, Housing & Health Study (JustHouHS) and Structures, Health, and Risk Among Reentrants, Probationers & Partners (SHARRPP). She started her career at Yale at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS after receiving her MPH from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health in 2001. She is particularly interested in qualitative and participatory research methods aimed at better understanding structural causes of health inequities.

QRDG Overview:

The goal of the Qualitative Research Discussion Group (QRDG) is to provide opportunities for individuals involved in qualitative or mixed-methods research to meet regularly to discuss the qualitative research process and potentially problem-solve issues that may arise when engaged in qualitative research. Discussion topics include, but are not limited to: logistics, data management, analysis, dissemination, role of the researcher, and ethics. It is intended as a venue for discussing research in progress and new or relevant literature on qualitative methods and practice as well as to create networking opportunities and foster research collaborations. CIRA's Interdisciplinary Research Methods (IRM) Core Core member, Lauretta Grau, PhD, is coordinating the meetings. She can be reached at lauretta.grau@yale.edu.