The UNC Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) brings together collaborative, multidisciplinary teams of stakeholders to improve health in North Carolina communities with a shared commitment to innovation, collaboration, and health equity.
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‘COVID-19 outbreaks in ICE detention centers raise concerns over insufficient testing’ (MSN) May 18, 2020, Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, CHER Faculty, was mentioned in the article ‘COVID-19 outbreaks in ICE detention centers raise concerns over insufficient testing.’ In the last two months cases have been reported in six facilities as well as cases at the Adams …
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1 month ago
Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, UNC CHER Faculty, is a part of The COVID Prison Project, which tracks data and policy across the country to monitor COVID-19 in correctional facilities. Justice-involved individuals in congregate living facilities are at a high risk of exposure to COVID-19. With the recent outbreaks in North Carolina and Ohio facilities, there …
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2 months ago
ABC 11 News segment on ‘COVID-19 Pandemic: The Racial Divide’ Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith contributed to the ABC 11 News segment on ‘COVID-19 Pandemic: The Racial Divide’ and how preexisting conditions, access to healthcare affect minority communities and whether minority bias exists in healthcare. View the Recording
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2 months ago
CORONAVIRUS ‘The Driving Force Is Institutionalized Racism’: Black North Carolinians Are Getting Hit Hard By COVID-19 African-Americans make up less than a quarter of the state’s population, but nearly 40 percent of its confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. By Paul Blest April 10, 2020 Dr. Crystal Wiley Cené, an associate professor at the UNC School …
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