HDI Speaker Series: Advancing Health Equity: Arts Based Research Approaches
Want to earn CME? Join us for a powerful session with the UConn Health Disparities Institute's (HDI) Health Equity Lunch & Learn Series! The arts have long been used to advance equity and social justice—and now they’re shaping health research to promote health equity. In this session, UConn Health researchers and partners will share how creative methods like Photovoice are being used to understand racial trauma and inform trauma-informed care for young adults, families, and communities.
Session Speaker: Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD and Rocio Chang, MA, PsyD
Date: Thursday May 21st, 2026
Time: 12:00pm-1:15pm EST
Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/215340346636100?p=Pvvj1W1qEGhbHOJ8zW
Session Attendance Code: To Be Determined
Session Description:
The arts have long been used to advance equity and social justice. Recently we have seen the integration of the arts in health research designed to advance health equity. During this session we will hear from UConn Health researchers and partners who employ the arts to generate knowledge to improve health and wellbeing. Specifically, Dr. Sprague Martinez will introduce photovoice and Dr. Rocio Chang will discuss how it is being used to understand the impacts of racial trauma and to inform trauma informed care trainings focused on trauma in the lives of young adults, their families, and communities. provided by the Center for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders.
Session Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
- To familiarize oneself with a qualitative research method, Photovoice, and its utilization as a community based participatory research project.
- To learn about the importance of learning from the people we serve.
- To become familiar with the impact of trauma on the lives of young adults.
For more information, contact: Emy Flores at eflores@uchc.edu