Wyatte Hall Awarded $3.4M to Study Language Acquisition in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
The assistant professor of Public Health Sciences and graduate of the UR CTSI-supported Rochester Postdoc Partnership will track language acquisition outcomes for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children with the five-year grant.
URMC Taps Edith Williams to Lead the Center for Community Health & Prevention
Edith Williams, MS, PhD, who joined the UR CTSI as the founding director of the Office of Health Equity Research in 2022, is now serving as director of the Center for Community Health & Prevention.
Office of Health Equity Research Welcomes New Youth Advisory Board
University of Rochester researchers can meet with the new Youth Advisory Board to get a youth perspective on their research projects and for help identifying future research needs aimed at improving adolescent health.
Fiscella and Yousefi Nooraie Envision a Community-Focused Complementary Pathway for Translational Research
In “Health first, for all: Envisioning a novel complementary pathway for translational research,” Fiscella and Yousefi Nooraie envision a second complementary translational research pathway that works in tandem with the current biomedical-based pathway.
Indigenous Population Health: Focusing on Research and Data to Promote Health Equity
Indigenous people are disproportionately affected by many health issues, but data to understand and mitigate these inequities is lacking. The Office of Health Equity Research believes health equity is possible by partnering with the community and other organizations working toward this goal.