This year’s symposium will bring together community members, researchers, healthcare professionals, and representatives from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to meet the challenges that we face in the Philadelphia metropolitan region and will feature:

• Keynote Presentations: Penn’s Vision for Community Engagement and Community-Engaged Research; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Community-Engaged Research; Community Needs & Expectations; and NIEHS Expectations for Community Engagement
• Panel Discussion with Community Partners: Benefits and Challenges of working with Academic Institutions
• Penn Models of Community Engagement
• Roundtable Discussions connecting Community Members and Researchers
• Poster Session
• Networking Reception