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Center Evaluation Day

Every seven years, VCU Centers and Institutes undergo an extensive external evaluation process to ensure that each institute and center is contributing to the overall mission of the university. After preparation, the Center on Society and Health underwent our seven-year external evaluation on November 22, 2016. Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Director of the University of…

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Chanel Bea Accepts New Role as Community Engagement Assistant

The Center on Society and Health is pleased to announce that Chanel Bea has accepted a full-time position as the Center’s Community Engagement Assistant. Ms. Bea started working with the Center five years ago as one of the founding members of Engaging Richmond and has since worked on several Engaging Richmond projects, most recently on…

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New Study Links America’s Health to Social, Economic and Environmental Factors in State-by-State Comparisons

In a new report, released today, the Center on Society and Health and the Urban Institute show how states rank on dozens of health outcomes, highlighting where they are doing well and areas in which they need improvement. Perhaps most importantly, the data also provide detailed information about more than 100 potential drivers of these…

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Steve Woolf and Chanel Bea Highlight Benefits of Community Stakeholder Engagement in Research

At a briefing event hosted by Health Affairs on April 7 in Washington, DC, CSH Director Steve Woolf and Community Researcher Chanel Bea gave compelling interviews on the important benefits of community and patient engagement to improve health and health care delivery in our country. Health Affairs in partnership with the Patient Centered Outcomes Research…

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Why Place Matters

In a recent blog article featured on Urban Wire, Urban Institute author Laudy Aron comments on the relationship between place and disadvantage and the effects on health outcomes. She outlines several policy steps that are needed to ensure that all Americans have access to support and resources they need to live “healthy, productive, and fulfilling…

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Dr. Steven Woolf to Present at Practical Playbook National Meeting

On May 23rd, Director Steven Woolf will be among the distinguished panelists presenting in the opening plenary session in Bethesda, MD at The Practical Playbook National Meeting, an event aimed at bringing public health and primary care together through cross-sector collaboration and the exchange of ideas to drive population health improvement. The meeting will primarily…

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Chanel Bea Selected by RVANews as one of Richmond’s “Fascinating People”

We are pleased to announce that Engaging Richmond team member Chanel Bea has been selected by the online magazine, RVANews, as one of Richmond’s “Fascinating People 2016.” As an awardee, Ms. Bea will be among several guest speakers whom the magazine has deemed a “favorite talker” because they have provided insight, wisdom, and information in…

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Presentation on Health Equity at Institute of Medicine Committee Meeting

On January 6, 2016, Dr. Steven Woolf gave a presentation on “What Shapes Health (and Health Inequities)”  at the Institute of Medicine Committee on Community Based Solutions to Promote Health meeting in Washington, D.C. The committee was convened at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine the evidence on solutions to promote…

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