The Community Health Equity Research Institute will host its first Annual Research Day on Wednesday October 27 from 12:30 to 5:00 PM. The event will be held in a virtual format.
reported on Census data and quoted Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., PhD, professor of urban and regional planning and a UB Community Health Equity Research Institute Executive Committee Member. Taylor said one thing that hasn't changed is that Black residents are concentrated in Buffalo.
The two days feature an in-person “Walk of Healing” and a virtual conference, titled “Healing Historical Trauma from Racist Research, Policies and Practices.”
Four infectious diseases experts from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences reflected on lessons learned from COVID-19 during the annual forum of UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) on March 17.
The Community Health Equity Research Institute has launched its website, an important tool to be used by community groups and partners, giving them a voice in the impactful community research being conducted at UB.
Here, you will find information, resources, and news about the crisis of race-based health disparities in Buffalo. In addition, you will learn how the institute is taking action — and how you can help make a difference.
The new UB CTSI Health Inequities Workshop Series is designed to help health practitioners and researchers gain the knowledge and skills needed to understand health inequities.
The Institute partnered with the Buffalo Center for Health Equity and the African American Health Equity Task Force to release a joint statement on racism during the summer of 2020.
Here’s how you can use health promotion to empower individuals and communities to increase control over their own health through actions to prevent and control chronic disease.