Who We Are

Research Jam is part of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). The Indiana CTSI is a partnership between Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame. It brings together the state’s brightest minds to solve Indiana’s most pressing health challenges through research.

MISSION: We partner with researchers and the people they seek to benefit and use human-centered design to co-create solutions to improve health and health equity.

VISION: Our vision is to create research informed by the people it serves and provide a model for participatory research.

VALUES:

• We believe individuals are the only experts of their lived experience and understanding those experiences is the key to understanding and ending health disparity.
• We value broad inclusivity which will lead to equity and justice.
• We believe meaningful engagements must include intention and empathy.
• We value collaboration, creativity, and fun.

APPROACH: We apply human-centered design principles and practices to research in order to explore, create, and test problems and identify solutions in health care and well-being.