Adapting Race & Ethnicity Categories to Fit your CommunityBlog Post by Institute for Community Health | April 23, 2014 By Jeff Desmarais & Ranjani Paradise In honor of National Minority Health Month, ICH is exploring the complexities of race and ethnicity data collection. Any program, organization, or institution seeking to identify and address racial and ethnic health disparities must…
ICH Welcomes Executive Director Dr. Lise E. FriedNews by Institute for Community Health | April 1, 2014 Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Supporters, On behalf of the Board of Directors at the Institute for Community Health (ICH), I am very pleased to announce that Lise E. Fried, DSc, MS, has been named the new Executive Director. We are…
ICH Supports Community-Based Approaches to Opioid Abuse PreventionBlog Post by Institute for Community Health | March 26, 2014 By Lynn Ibekwe Although opioid abuse has been a growing problem over the past decade, public awareness has only recently peaked due to opioid deaths around the country reaching epidemic proportions and the deaths of celebrities like Phillip Seymour Hoffman…
ICH & the Cambridge Public Health Dept. Partner for Real World Public Health Day 2014News by Institute for Community Health | March 19, 2014 This National Public Health Week, ICH and the Cambridge Public Health Department are hosting the 11th annual Real World Public Health Day–a seminar for graduate students that explores “real life” public health challenges and opportunities, beyond classroom training. The seminar includes…
Leah Zallman Co-Authors 4th Most-Read Health Affairs Blog Post of 2013News by Institute for Community Health | March 5, 2014 ICH Junior Scientist, Dr. Leah Zallman, co-authored a post in the esteemed Health Affairs blog detailing her team’s demographic and geographic analyses of uninsured individuals post-health reform. Dr. Zallman and her colleagues concluded that states’ option to opt-out of Medicaid expansion greatly…
ICH Volunteer DayBlog Post by Institute for Community Health | February 11, 2014 By Nazmim Bhuiya On January 17th, ICH held our inaugural Volunteer Day at Cradles to Crayons (C2C) in Brighton. C2C is dedicated to providing children from birth to age 12, living in low-income and homeless situations, with the essential items they need to…
