
Upcoming Event: Behind the Label – Consumer Product Chemicals & Our Health
Join us on September 25, 2026 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. for the President’s Forum on Health Disparities: Behind the Label – Consumer Product Chemicals & Our Health. This year's forum will feature Dr. Tamarra James-Todd, a leading scholar in environmental reproductive health and exposure science.

Upcoming Event: 3rd Annual Black Men’s Mental Health Conference
August 15, 2026, 8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Free event open to all community members interested in supporting Black Men’s mental health and wellness. Event includes mental health and wellness conversations, presentations, a guided yoga session, a community support network session, and more.

Upcoming Event - Returning Home: Health and Wellness After Incarceration
Join UAlbany's Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities on Saturday, May 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a community event examining the health and well-being of individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Our speakers will discuss how reentry is inseparable from public health, racial equity, and community resilience. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Center's Justin Clayton on CBS6 Albany
Justin Clayton joined CBS6 to talk about the Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities' event "Returning Home: Health and Wellness After Incarceration", which connected formerly incarcerated individuals with resources to help them after release.

Showcase 2026: Exploring Effects of Social Media on Health Among LGBTQ+ Teens
Clinical Psychology PhD student Jason Choi studies the effects of social media on mental health as a research Fellow at UAlbany’s Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities.

Study Identifies Pollutant Exposure as Gap in Human Biology Research
Publishing in the American Journal of Human Biology, UAlbany scientists Lawrence M. Schell and Mia V. Gallo outline why measuring pollutant exposure should be a central component of research on growth, development, reproduction and chronic disease.

Healthcare Town Hall: March 25 at 7 p.m.
March 25, 7-8:30 p.m. Panelists will answer questions about New York State’s healthcare budget, how the recent trillion dollar federal cuts to the healthcare system might affect your coverage, and what the state can do to address it. Panelists: Gustavo Rivera (NYS Senator, Chair of Committee on Health), Gabriella Romero (NYS Assemblymember, 109 district), and Sam Fein
(Albany Chief City Auditor).
Fall 2025 CEHD Newsletter
In this issue, we highlight CEHD's New Health Disparities Fellows, Jason Choi and Julia Francis, the Annual President's Forum and upcoming events.