Center for Community Health & Prevention

Do you know a young person, age 14-17, interested in sharing their ideas to help improve the health of their community? They’re invited to apply to join the Office of Health Equity Research’s Youth Advisory Board!

Applications are due July 14! redcap.urmc.rochester.edu/redcap/surve...

08.07.2025 19:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

DYK: The Community Health Improvement Workgroup is a team of changemakers moving the needle on the Community Health Improvement Plan for Monroe County's major hospital systems, including @urmed.bsky.social and
Rochester Regional Health. #CHIWeek

Learn more: www.urmc.rochester.edu/community-he...

10.06.2025 19:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"My passion for this work, and community health work, is to help bolster knowledge that language is health," shares
@wyattehall.bsky.social, PhD, early-stage faculty awardee of our 2025 Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards.

Congrats again, Dr. Hall! youtube.com/shorts/HZICn...

21.05.2025 14:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Infant hospitalizations from #RSV were cut nearly in half after the introduction of two RSV preventive measures, as reported in a recent MMWR. Learn how @urochester.bsky.social, and our Center, played a role in this public health milestone: urmc.rochester.edu/community-he...

#URochesterResearch

16.05.2025 16:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join us in celebration of Charles Kamen, PhD, MPH, and Wyatte C. Hall, PhD, and their meaningful work in our community!

Register and learn more about this year's Satcher awardees and keynote speaker > > www.urmc.rochester.edu/community-he...

#URochesterResearch

17.04.2025 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join us Friday at noon for Public Health Grand Rounds, featuring speaker Rev. Myra Brown, pastor at Spiritus Christi Church and founder/CEO of The Black Community Focus Fund. Register today > rochester.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

03.04.2025 13:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Understanding food fads In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 3/18/25, local registered dietitians explore various food fads and distinguish between what's pure fad and what's rooted in science.

Food fads are all over social media. Last week, our own Jill Chodak, RD, CDN, and Holly Gonzales-Gilligan, RD, CDN, @urmed.bsky.social Fitness Science, explored several of these fads on @wxxirochester.bsky.social's Connections with Evan Dawson. 🎙 www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...

26.03.2025 18:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A historic red brick building with a large tree in the foreground that has white blossoms and stands on a green lawn. The sky is bright blue with a few clouds.

Hi! We're new here! 👋

We're @urmed.bsky.social's Center for Community Health & Prevention. Follow along as we share content from our diverse programs and initiatives aimed at preventing disease to create a healthier community for all.

Learn more about us ➡️ www.urmc.rochester.edu/community-he...

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