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Health Equity Research and Education

With a liberatory spirit, the San Fernando Valley’s HERE Center works with communities by nurturing collaborative research to improve health equity! Get Involved Today!

For members of the CSUN community seeking a progressive environment for researching health equity, the HERE Center provides resources and opportunities that promote scholarly collaboration to empower communities toward reducing health disparities. For more information check out the links below.

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Team Feature Articles: Kacie Blackman, PhD

May 7, 2021

As an advocate fighting against infant and maternal mortality, particularly among black populations, Kacie Blackman has dedicated most of her research to lactation resources, policies for maternal health and maternity support resources. Read more about Kacie Blackman

Land Acknowledgement Statement

April 13, 2021

The HERE Center recognizes and acknowledges the Sesevitam, the first people of this ancestral and unceded territory of Sesevenga that is now occupied by our institution. Read Our Entire Land Acknowledgement Statement

SPRING 2021 WEBINAR SERIES - Meaningful Change Starts Locally: Increasing Rigor and Reducing Community Health Disparities

February 17, 2021

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The BUILD PODER Webinar Series offers exciting resources for generating rigorous health disparities research to faculty, students, and the larger CSUN community. Read more

FALL 2020 WEBINAR SERIES - Environmental/Sociocultural Influences on Health Disparities

October 6, 2020

The BUILD PODER Webinar Series offers exciting resources for generating rigorous health disparities research to faculty, students, and the larger CSUN community. Read more

Our New CSU Sally Casanova Scholars

September 1, 2020

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Please join us in congratulating to the six HERE Center’s research assistants out of 16 that were awarded with the CSU Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship! The scholarship consists of $3,000 stipend plus funded summer research opportunities and provides the scholars unique opportunities to explore and prepare to succeed in doctoral program. Read more