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Welcome to the

NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)

Partnering with Communities to Improve Health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Community Engagement Alliance — also known as CEAL —works to promote health, improve health outcomes, and strengthen partnerships through community-engaged research. 

CEAL addresses racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities by partnering with communities to:

  • Build trust in science and research.
  • Ensure inclusion across the research continuum.
  • Advance community-driven solutions addressing health disparities.
  • Strengthen community-engaged research.

Our strength is in our communities.

Adlaide Holloway, B.S., and Donald Young, CHW
Featured News

Bridging Research and Community: Insights From the CEAL CBO Community of Practice Co-Chairs

Adlaide Holloway, B.S., and Donald Young, CHW, are Community Health Workers (CHWs) and co-chairs of CEAL’s new Community-Based Organization Community of Practice (CBO CoP).

Dr. Dinwiddie
Featured News

CEAL welcomes Dr. Gniesha Dinwiddie as new Scientific Program Director

The NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) is pleased to welcome Gniesha Dinwiddie, Ph.D., as the new Scientific Program Director of CEAL.