Moving ForwardBlog Post by Ben Ubani | January 26, 2021 For people all around the world, 2020 was a year like no other for a multitude of reasons we know all too well. In retrospect, it appears as though the groundwork for creating such a tumultuous twelve months was evident…
Carolyn Fisher presents work on equitable evaluation practices at RWJF eventNews by Institute for Community Health | January 25, 2021 Last week, ICH’s Carolyn Fisher was an invited presenter at the RELEVENT: Action Research Symposium hosted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In the session “Equity Tools and Approaches”, Carolyn discussed the formative evaluation of an RWJF program called Community…
Asking questions to chart a path towards equityBlog Post by Ranjani Paradise | January 21, 2021 What does an evaluator do? If you asked me this when I first started in this field, I might have said things like “measure outcomes”, “design data collection tools”, or “analyze data to understand program impact”. But if you were…
Dr. Craig Andrade joins ICH Board of DirectorsNews by Institute for Community Health | January 19, 2021 We are excited to announce that Dr. Craig Andrade is joining ICH’s Board of Directors. Dr. Craig Andrade is Associate Dean of Practice, Associate Professor of Practice in Community Health Sciences, Director of The Activist Lab, and Interim Chair of…
Thanks-giving, Grief, and CommunityBlog Post by Carolyn Fisher, PhD | November 24, 2020 This past weekend, I was part of a group reflecting on gratitude. I began this reflection unsure of whether I could muster anything beyond “I’m grateful that at least things aren’t worse.” After all, this month, which began at ICH…
In memoriam: Leah Zallman, MD, MPHNews by Institute for Community Health | November 9, 2020 It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Leah Zallman passed away on November 5th from injuries sustained in an accident earlier last week. Leah was ICH’s Director of Research, a primary care physician at East Cambridge…