ICH is awarded new grant from California Health Care FoundationNews by Institute for Community Health | January 22, 2020 ICH was recently awarded a grant from the California Health Care Foundation to examine immigrants’ contributions in the US healthcare economy. This work will build on prior ICH work that examined immigrants’ contributions to Medicare and private health insurance.
Leah Zallman joins state Advisory CouncilNews by Institute for Community Health | January 16, 2020 Leah Zallman has been selected to join the Health Equity Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Delivery System Reform Implementation Advisory Council. MassHealth has formed this subcommittee of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program to provide input on ongoing and…
Employee spotlight interview: Sarah JalbertBlog Post by Institute for Community Health | January 15, 2020 Tell us about your educational background and career path thus far. I moved to Boston to go to Northeastern. Originally, I wanted to go into International Development work but then I got interested in the justice system, and the inequities…
Leah Zallman presented Grand Rounds at Johns Hopkins and a Brown Bag at the Urban InstituteNews by Institute for Community Health | January 13, 2020 This past weekend, ICH’s Leah Zallman presented Grand Rounds at the Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine on “Immigrants and health care: who gives?”. On the same day, Leah Zallman also did a Brown Bag at the Urban Institute on the…
Evaluating advocacy workBlog Post by Sofía Ladner | January 8, 2020 I came to ICH with a great interest in health policy research, and was happy to know after starting that I would be working with a team (Carrie Fisher and Leah Zallman) to evaluate a program that supported health advocacy.…
ICH welcomes new Executive Director, Sarah K. JalbertNews by Institute for Community Health | January 7, 2020 After an extensive and rigorous search, we are proud to announce that Sarah K. Jalbert, MS, MA has joined ICH as our new Executive Director. Sarah has over 22 years of experience as a public health researcher and evaluator. She…
