Citizen Scientist
Empowering youth to identify and solve systemic problems in their communities.
Citizen Scientists are curious or concerned people who collaborate with professional scientists in ways that advance scientific research on topics they care about.
Citizen science occurs when people share what they observe from the physical world to provide information to the scientific community. It includes things like formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, and even making new discoveries.
Participating in citizen science means you’re pro-actively engaging in the process of collecting and sharing observations in the name of science. It’s about discovering and observing things—everything from bird watching, to noting construction snow, to taking water measurements, or simply collaborating with others to create a shared network of data.
Objective: The CHWs will receive training as citizen scientists to help them think about the role of policy in promoting racial equity. The citizen scientists will work with social, behavioral and life scientists to produce new knowledge about health, disease and resiliency that is human-centered, community-based and interdisciplinary.
Why be involved?: Your real life experiences are a catalyst for advancing scientific knowledge! Citizen Scientists are important to the field of science because they are able to identify and research societal challenges and fill in data gaps between what is happening in the real world with what researchers and policy makers are seeing in their own studies.