{"id":1409,"date":"2024-07-03T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:46:31","slug":"redefining-inclusion-co-researchers-with-down-syndrome-set-their-own-research-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/2024\/07\/03\/redefining-inclusion-co-researchers-with-down-syndrome-set-their-own-research-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Redefining Inclusion: Co-Researchers with Down Syndrome Set their Own Research Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-bottom:1px solid:#ccc; padding:15px 0; overflow:auto;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden; float:left; width:75%;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:14px;\">\n      Featuring <a href=\"\/rubenstein\/profile\/eric-rubenstein\/\">Eric Rubenstein<\/a> and <a href = \"\/rubenstein\/people\/\">the Co-Research Team<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 5px 0; font-size:16px;\">\n      Assistant professor Eric Rubenstein\u2019s collaboration with a team of individuals with Down syndrome led to the creation of the nation\u2019s first public health co-research program led entirely by people with Down syndrome, shifting the research focus from medical data to community-driven priorities like mental health and stress management.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right; width:23%; text-align:right;\">\n    <a href=\"\/rubenstein\/profile\/eric-rubenstein\/\"><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/rubenstein\/files\/2023\/02\/Eric-Rubenstein.png\" alt=\"Eric Rubenstein\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" style=\"border-radius:10px;\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5>Read the full article here:<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Q9YpbqJOuu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/redefining-inclusion-co-researchers-with-down-syndrome-set-their-own-research-agenda\/\">Redefining Inclusion: Co-Researchers with Down Syndrome Set their Own Research Agenda<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Redefining Inclusion: Co-Researchers with Down Syndrome Set their Own Research Agenda&#8221; &#8212; SPH\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/redefining-inclusion-co-researchers-with-down-syndrome-set-their-own-research-agenda\/embed\/#?secret=Q9YpbqJOuu\" data-secret=\"Q9YpbqJOuu\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring Eric Rubenstein and the Co-Research Team Assistant professor Eric Rubenstein\u2019s collaboration with a team of individuals with Down syndrome led to the creation of the nation\u2019s first public health co-research program led entirely by people with Down syndrome, shifting the research focus from medical data to community-driven priorities like mental health and stress management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1409"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1420,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions\/1420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}