Working to create a healthy, just world

We strive to understand the broad determinants of wellbeing in underserved populations and cultivate novel health equity solutions, with a focus on addressing disparities in heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

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The Growing Importance of Social Determinants of Health

Blurring racial and ethnic categories make macro-level drivers a more important focus than ever before.

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We can put our brains together, and our datasets, to create precision health for the next generation.

Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
NMH Alliance Member
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The health of our country cannot improve without addressing the health of all communities.

Carlos Jose Rodriguez, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Director, Clinical Cardiology Research, Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NMH Alliance Member
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Our partnership is mutually beneficial, with our community becoming more educated and practicing health habits that will endure.

Jewell Cooper, PhD
Community Health Builder
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Doctors have knowledge from their training, and people have knowledge from their lived experiences. Both of these lenses are equally important.

Brandon Blue, MD
Assistant Member, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center And Research Institute Foundation
NMH Alliance Member

Work & Impact

See how we’re identifying unmet needs, furthering critical research, building educational tools, and piloting community initiatives.

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White House Challenge

Responding to the nation-wide call to action to end hunger.

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Ancillary SOL Study

Exploring CVD risk in Hispanic/Latino sub-populations