NEW! Health Disparities Certificate Program

Health disparities are on the national agenda. The health disparities certificate program is designed to respond to the need for current and future leaders in public health, social services, medicine, and the social sciences (public health, social work, psychology, economics, and anthropology) to be knowledgeable of the issues and strategies needed to eliminate health disparities. The goal of this graduate program is to train current students and professionals in the field to be leaders in addressing and working to eliminate health disparities. As stated by the Institute of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, central to addressing health disparities is research and practice with community partners, with the goal of building community capacity and sustainability.

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Graduate program information and application deadlines

WHAT ARE MINORITY HEALTH DISPARITIES?
AND WHAT IS CEMHD?

CEMHD is a collaborative effort focusing on minority health disparities in the smaller cities and towns of New York.

We work toward eliminating minority health disparities by developing capacity in faculty at the University at Albany and in partnering with community groups to

Click here for more info on the challenge to eliminating disparities for minorities in upstate New York.

Click here for information on health determinants and the levels on which CEMHD is working to eliminate disparities.

Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities
University at Albany, SUNY
Arts and Sciences 236
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12222
ph: (518) 442-5976, fax: (518) 442-4563
email: cemhd@albany.edu