Center for Applied Research and Evaluation-CARE

10/21/2025

Working on CHNAs and community health improvement plans?

Join us, along with Institute for the Advancement of Community Health at Furman University & Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina for a virtual learning session to explore best practices for tackling three key CHNA/CHIP challenges—data collection, community representation, and stakeholder engagement—while gaining insights from peers and experts!

CARE’s Director, Pamela Gillam, will be presenting!

✅ Register here: https://form.jotform.com/252525024077149

08/29/2025

Mark Your Calendar!

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is hosting a webinar on their latest research on poverty in South Carolina - and CARE's Dr. Lauren Workman and Dr. Holly Pope will be presenting!

📅September 17th
🕒 2:00 - 3:00 PM

Register here:

REGISTER NOW! Join us as we explore the findings from our latest research efforts. Special guests — including research authors from the Center of Applied Research and Evaluation at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health and MPowrd Analytics — will walk us through key i...

07/16/2025

CARE is Planning for the Future! 🗺️📝

The CARE team recently spent a day engaged in strategic planning. Guided by Zack King DellaRe Consulting, the CARE team worked to clarify and align our goals to ensure we continue to make a meaningful impact well into the future.

07/01/2025

📍We’ve Moved—to Campus! 🏫🎉

The CARE headquarters is now located on USC’s campus!

Find us in the Discovery Building or visit us online:

Center for Applied Research & Evaluation in the Arnold School of Public Health at USC

06/25/2025

Earlier this month, CARE team members Lauren Workman and Pam Gillam attended the SC Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) All Sites Assembly in Myrtle Beach.

Lauren leads evaluation work for SC MIECHV in partnership with USC's Rural Health Research Center, while Pam supports the program through continuous quality improvement consultation.

06/20/2025

Just published & featured in USC Today! 🎉

Congratulations to CARE's Kelli Kenison & Lesley Leake along with their colleagues from the Department of Exercise Science at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina - Marsha Dowda, William Shirley, and Russell Pate!

Read the full article here!

06/05/2025

Check out this excellent evaluation resource!

2025 Prizes will focus on innovative, collaborative, systemic work across Food and Nutrition Policy, Nutrition Education & School Food, and Indigenous Food Justice for Youth.

06/04/2025

Congratulations to all, especially our former graduate assistants, Chynna Phillips and Jenna Hartman!

Big congrats to the Department of Health Services Policy and Management's 2025 Student Award Winners! 🎉 https://ow.ly/HaSA50W415u

05/21/2025

Check out this article highlighting CARE's Adrienne Parkinson, who recently earned her MPH and will continue her impactful work with CARE. We are proud of Adrienne and all she has accomplished, and we're thrilled she will remain a part of the CARE team!

Read more about Adrienne, her educational journey, and her passion for improving community health!

Congratulations, Adrienne!

04/22/2025

CARE staff is always happy to share program evaluation and facilitation expertise with students!

Check out this article highlighting Tony's education and professional achievements in Public Health!

Tony Brown graduates with a Ph.D. in Health Services Policy and Management in May and expertise in HIV and other STIs with the goal of advancing health equity for sexual and racial minority groups. Learn more about his journey: https://ow.ly/81IH50VFq3g

04/16/2025

📣 ICYDK: CCHA’s CHW Return on Investment (ROI) Study with the Center for Applied Research and Evaluation-CARE was recently featured in a LinkedIn article by Bechara Choucair, Dave Chokshi, and the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW)’s Denise Octavia Smith! 🙌

SC CHW employers in the study averaged $4.96 in savings 💰 for every $1 invested in CHWs. That’s impact! 📈

🔗Learn more on our website: https://tinyurl.com/yfyp6ex3

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04/11/2025

Last Friday, CARE team members attended the 16th Annual James E. Clyburn Health Equity Lecture. This prestigious lecture series is hosted by the Arnold School of Public Health at South Carolina Department of Health Services Policy and Management Department.

Adrienne Parkinson, a Graduate Assistant at CARE, presented a poster entitled "Advancing Health Equity through Community Engagement: Insights into the Needs and Strengths of Maternal and Child Health Efforts in South Carolina"