Center for Community Research (CSH-021)

Summary 🟡 ✓

• Owner Unit: College of Science and Health
• Sub-unit: Center for Community Research
• Content Type: center
• Campus/Location: Lincoln Park
• Last Verified: June 14, 2026

Description & capabilities

The Center for Community Research (CCR), led by Dr. Leonard Jason, conducts community-based and public-policy-oriented research funded by NIH and other agencies. Focus areas include chronic illnesses (myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome), addiction, violence prevention, and the Oxford House recovery model. CCR is one of several CSH centers and institutes alongside DePaul Family and Community Services, Institute for Nature and Culture, Quantitative Reasoning Center, Statistical Consulting Center, and the STEM Center.

Access status

• Level: yellow (Negotiated Access)
• Rationale: Research center participation is through faculty-led community research projects; no public open lab access policy published.
• Access URL: csh.depaul.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/ccr
• Contact name: Leonard Jason
• Verification date: 2026-06-14
• Source URLs:
• csh.depaul.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/ccr
• csh.depaul.edu/academics/departments-schools/psycholog…

Verification

• Status: confirmed (✓)
• Confidence: 90/100
• Rationale: Official CSH center page and psychology department listing document CCR and leadership.
• Last verified: 2026-06-14
• Evidence:
• CCR center page csh.depaul.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/ccr
• Psychology labs listing (Center for Community Research; Leonard Jason)

Equipment

Community research center; uses college resources; no standalone equipment catalog.

Last verified: May 28, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

• Website: Center for Community Research

People & contacts

Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.

• Leonard Jason (Director) — Profile

Source URL

Official links are listed under Contacts above.

Documented Relationships

Listed alongside CSH-009 - STEM Center Hub under CSH centers and institutes.

Linked Relationship IDs

• CSH-009 - STEM Center Hub

Notes

New promotion 2026-06-14 from CSH institutional web discovery. Distinct from psychology department listing of the same name — this is the official CSH center page. Collaboratory export links community-research and public-health activities to CSH units (psychology, MPH, nursing) as campus partners — use Collaboratory as recurring provenance for CCR-adjacent community research (packet 2026-06-14-collaboratory-ingestion).