CEHD was established in 2005 with a $1.25 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) award.
In 2009, CEHD received an award of $6.8 million through the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Centers of Excellence program. This award established CEHD as an Exploratory Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities in Smaller Cities.
In 2016, CEHD received the NIMHD S-21 Endowment award, which created a $10 million endowment to train doctoral students in health disparities research.
In April 2020, the governor of New York commissioned UAlbany to investigate the Differential Impacts of COVID-19 in New York State. The project focused on the causes of the pandemic’s disparate impact on communities of color and identified potential interventions. CEHD supported the project’s new research and collaboration ecosystem, which engaged over 35 researchers on our campus.
In Fall 2022, the Institute for Social and Health Equity (ISHE) was created with a $1.7M UAlbany investment. CEHD is housed under the ISHE’s umbrella.