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Hospital investments in community health: Creating impact in a new environment
Recently we wrote about the changing health care landscape brought on by multiple factors, including payment reform and provisions of the Affordable Care Act and IRS regulations. Until a few years ago, hospitals and health…
A grant program helps young people be agents of change in their community
In our daily work with young people, we know that youth today are concerned with everything from college admissions to climate change, and prom dates to politics – but where does public health and tobacco…
Boston Medical Center partners with Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» to improve health through stable housing investment
Boston Medical Center is embarking on a groundbreaking four-year initiative to increase housing stability in Boston in partnership with multiple organizations and agencies throughout Boston, including Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», the Boston Alliance for Community…
Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
Overview The Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports basic and clinical research on the causes of human disease with the mission of improving its treatment. The program provides funding to mid- to late-stage…
Smith Family Foundation: Odyssey Award
Overview The Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award was created in 2017 to fuel creativity and innovation in junior investigators in the basic sciences.  The Award supports the pursuit of high impact ideas to generate breakthroughs…
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» and the MA Alliance of Community Health Workers are working together
This summer, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» became the fiscal home for the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (MACHW). Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is pleased to support the important work of Community Health Workers and a mission that aligns with our…
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» awarded NIH Science Education Partners Award grant
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has received a five-year, $1.25 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand its LEAH STEM (science,…
Integrating the health care and human services sectors: Addressing challenges to seize opportunities
To say it is a pivotal time for health care in the United States is no overstatement. An emphasis on the triple aim of improving population health and quality of care while reducing health care…
Assessing public health and health care trends in an uncertain time
Spending even a moment watching the news, scanning social media, or reading a newspaper will reveal a new story about the potential policy and budgetary directions of public health and health care. It is an…
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» welcomes news that all public housing in U.S. will be smoke-free in 18 months
I am thrilled that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced yesterday that it is requiring all public housing in the country to be smoke-free within 18 months. The rule prohibits lit tobacco…