Meet Your Next Collaborator: Introducing the Health Equity Research Core Investigator Group

This new group brings researchers together from across the University who are working in the health equity space. Together, they will help develop and execute the Office of Health Equity Research's agenda, focusing on five community-identified research priority areas.

Deaf-to-Deaf Weight Loss Program Helps Participants Drop Pounds

UR CTSI's National Center for Deaf Health Research shows that a weight loss program designed by Deaf people for Deaf people works in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial.

Office of Health Equity Research Hosts Inaugural Strategic Planning Retreat

In April, more than 75 attendees joined the inaugural Strategic Planning Retreat of the Office of Health Equity Research. Get a recap of the day-long event and how it has shaped the office's vision.

Region Pioneers Use of Electronic Medical Records for Community Wellness and Health Equity

An unusual collaboration among three regional data teams, including the UR CTSI, has cut through legal and technical challenges to leverage electronic medical records for population health reporting in the recently-released Community Health Indicators report.

UR CTSI Researchers Find Nationwide Links Between Vaping and COVID-19

Analyzing population data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UR CTSI Biostatistician Dongmei Li, Ph.D., found that states with more vapers had larger numbers of daily coronavirus cases and deaths in the early weeks of the pandemic.