Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities

UAlbany's Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities Launches Arbor Hill Community Immersion Project
Area High School students attend 3-day program aimed at raising health awareness
ALBANY, N.Y. (February 24, 2006)

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May 26, 2005. UAlbany President Kermit Hall Inaugurated the New Health Disparities Center.

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Albany Times Union:

Minority health center lauded
New research site at UAlbany seen as route to improve care
Friday, May 27, 2005   Page: B1

ALBANY - Assemblyman Jack McEneny is reminded of the health care difficulties many local minorities face each time he attends a funeral at Graceland Cemetery, where much of Albany's black population is buried. "I look at some of the graves. I see people younger than me," McEneny, 61, said Thursday at an event establishing a center at the University at Albany to research minority health care. "I think: `My God, I knew them. They passed away already?' "

UAlbany to open health research center
Wednesday, May 25, 2005   Page: B1

ALBANY - A new research center focusing on minority health care will be unveiled Thursday at the University at Albany. Funded by a three-year, $1.24 million federal grant, the center's faculty will look into why minorities get sicker - and die younger - than whites.

The Quiet Crisis: Minority-Majority Disparities for Diabetes in Upstate New York Cities September 15, 2006

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