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April 10

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Fall 2022

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March 27

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Spring 2023

We are excited to announce that three Institue for Health Equity Faculty Scholars are mentoring 3 student researchers this spring semester for the PEAK awards.  The Institute would like to celebrate […]

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March 27

The Wylie Lab Has Recently Published a Study in Environmental Pollution

                The Wylie Lab has just published a peer-reviewed study in Environmental Pollution entitled “Outcomes of the Halliburton Loophole: Chemicals Regulated by the […]

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October 18

Dr. Tiana Yom Co-authors Post for the American Evaluation Association about Culturally Responsive Evaluation Series

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October 5

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Fall 2022

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October 3

HEI Dylan Hogan Launches a New Adaptive Sport in Boston and at Northeastern

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September 28

SGAs Selected for the Robert Wood Foundation’s Health Policy Scholars Research Program

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August 29

New Publication from Affiliated Faculty Atsushi Matsumoto and Faculty Scholar Dr. Claudia Santelices

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August 22

Former HEI Meghna Iyer Publishes Undergraduate Manuscript

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August 10

Dr. Chieh Li Receives an Exploratory/ Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) from the NIH

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May 11

Institute SGAs Graduate from PhD Program

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May 4

Dr. Tiana Yom Receives Outstanding Teaching Award

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April 20

Health Equity Interns Receive Huntington 100 Awards

Five current and former Health Equity Interns were selected into the Huntington 100 for 2022. Recipients are nominated for their positive impact on the campus community, demonstrated record of service, high […]

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April 14

Institute Faculty, Staff, and Students Volunteer at Community Servings

Each semester, the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice offers a service opportunity in support of our mission of promoting health equity and social justice and reducing disparities in […]

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April 13

NU-PEL and GBEN Virtual Event Recap

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April 6

Institute SGA Sameera Nayak Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award

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February 14

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Spring 2022

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December 15

Dr. Beth Molnar Receives 4-Year Grant from the CDC

Dr. Beth Molnar, Director of the Violence Prevention and Trauma Studies team, has received funding from the Center for Disease Control for her Evaluation of school-based Healthy Relationships project. Dr. […]

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December 15

Building Back Stronger: A Panel Discussion on Racial and Health Equity Lessons Learned During COVID-19

Last week the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research hosted a panel discussion with representatives from state and local health and mental health agencies on racial and health […]

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November 30

NU-PEL Co-hosts Virtual Event with the GBEN

The Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network (GBEN) co-hosted a virtual event as a part of the Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) series. The full event session can be […]

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November 25

Dr. Beth Molnar Interviewed by NBC10 Boston

Dr. Beth Molnar, Director of the Violence Prevention and Trauma Studies Team here at the Institute, was recently interviewed by NBC10 regarding the death of 5-year-old Elijah Lewis. The full story can […]

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October 21

Faculty, Staff, and students from the Institute, Northeastern Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL), and Dr. Molnars’ Lab Participate in Northeastern’s Annual SOURCE Event

On October 6, 2021 Faculty, Staff, and students from the Institute, Northeastern Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL), and Dr. Molnars’ Lab participated in SOURCE, which is the university-wide Showcase of Opportunities […]

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September 20

SGAs Receive Grants to Move Forward Their Doctoral Dissertations

PhD student Lorraine Lacroix-Williamson has been named a Fellow of the Fostering Diversity in HIV Research program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. This […]

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August 4

Childcare is a Business Issue? Harvard Business Review Article

Director of the Institute, Alisa Lincoln, along with Northeastern faculty Alicia Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs,  and Jamie Ladge, Associate Professor of Management recently had an article, Childcare […]

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August 4

New Publication From Faculty Scholar Dani Snyder-Young

Faculty scholar, Dr. Dani Snyder Young, Assistant Professor of Theater College of Arts, Media, and Design, recently published a paper titled, Recovery capital and collaborative theatre making: how actors in recovery from substance addiction value […]

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August 2

Recent Publication from Affiliated Faculty Wallis Adams and Director Alisa Lincoln

Wallis Adams (IHESJR Affiliated Faculty) and Alisa Lincoln’s (Director of IHESJR) article, “Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementing Peer Support Services for Criminal Justice–Involved Individuals”, was recently published in Psychiatric […]

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July 28

Former HEI Sophie Wiltshire Featured in Online Florida Paper

Sophie Wiltshire is a recent Bouvé​ College of Health Sciences’ graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science. She was recently feature​d in St. Pete Catalyst, a local […]

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June 2

Recent Publications from Faculty Scholars Chiehl Li & Bilge Erten

Faculty scholar Chiehl Li published a special issue on promoting social justice, titled Advancing social justice for English learners: Implications for school psychology training. This work addressed inequity of education […]

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June 2

2022 Tier 1 Awards

Several of our Bouvé faculty members and IHESJR affiliates were selected to receive 2022 TIER 1 Awards.     “TIER 1 Seed Grant/Proof of Concept Program awards are supported by the […]

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June 2

Dr. Alisa Lincoln, Kaleem Ahmid and HEIs Tyreke Gaston and Samhita Koduri Receive RISE Award

Dr. Alisa Lincoln, Kaleem Ahmid and HEIs Tyreke Gaston and Samhita Koduri won the RISE Focus Award for Ethically Informed research.  “Ethically Informed Research Awards recognize RISE presentations that best […]

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June 2

IHESJR Students Receive Huntington 100 Awards

The following IHESJR affiliated students had a positive impact on the campus community, demonstrated record of service, had high global engagement in the form of international co-op, study abroad, or […]

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June 2

Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) Selected for MetroWest Health Foundation Project

The MetroWest Health Foundation has selected the Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) to lead a comprehensive evaluation project to understand and improve upon the current public health infrastructure in […]

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June 2

Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network (GEBN) Virtual Event Recap

The Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network (GEBN) co-hosted a virtual event to continue their Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) series. To embed diversity, equity, […]

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May 26

LAUNCH/MYCHILD Model Practice Receives Innovation Hub Award 

The LAUNCH/MYCHILD Model Practice, recently received an Innovation Hub Award for being the highest scoring Best Practice submission for this past year from the Association of Maternal and Child Health […]

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May 24

Honoring Academic Excellence- HEI Awards

Each year, Northeastern honors students, faculty, and staff who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, research, teaching, or service. These honorees reflect Northeastern’s mission and highest ideals: a global university powered […]

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March 26

Recent Publications by Faculty Member Jessica Hoffman

Jessica Hoffman, an IHESJR faculty member and Associate Professor in Applied Psychology, recently published a paper entitled “Addressing the Consequences of School Closure due to COVID-19 on Children’s Physical and […]

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March 25

Institute SGA Sameera Nayak Selected as Communication Chair for the APHA International Health Student Committee

Sameera Nayak, an Institute SGA, was recently selected as the Communication Chair for the APHA International Health Student Committee. In this role she will be spearheading efforts to engage and […]

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March 24

Former HEI Debby Nguyen Debuted a Book on Traditional Medicine

Debby Nguyen, former HEI, wrote a book about research practices among other cultures and medicine across the globe titled “Pills, Teas, and Songs: Stories of Medicine Around the World,” which […]

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March 24

Recent Publications by IHESJR Faculty Scholars Hermine Poghosyan and Jeanne Madden

Jeanne Madden, Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor in the School of Pharmacy, has led several new publications this winter. First is a qualitative report published in Journal of Affective Disorders, […]

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March 24

New Publication by Dr. Beth Molnar and her Early Childhood Mental Health Team

Dr. Beth Molnar and her early childhood mental health team recently had a paper, Engaging and supporting young children and their families in early childhood mental health services: The role […]

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February 18

Health Equity Interns Endorsed for the Truman Scholarship

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February 10

New Article Quoting Dr. Beth Molnar and Dr. Alisa Lincoln

Institute Director Alisa Lincoln and Director of Violence Prevention and Trauma studies at the Institute, Beth Molnar are quoted in Northeastern’s News article titled “To Survive A Trauma Like the Capitol Riot. […]

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February 10

Culturally Responsive Evaluation – a Co-op Perspective

The Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) hosted a virtual event on December 8th to discuss Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE) led by Isabelle Carrillo, the co-op student at the Institute for Health […]

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February 10

New Special Issue and Publications from Dr. Beth Molnar and VTT Team

Dr. Beth Molnar has co-edited a new special issue of the journal Child Abuse & Neglect, published December 2020, entitled Promoting a Healthy and Resilient Child Abuse & Neglect Workforce. The […]

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February 10

New Publication from Dr. Carmel Salhi, Arielle Scoglio and Dr. Alisa Lincoln

Institute Faculty Scholar Dr. Carmel Salhi, IHESJR Graduate Research Assistant and doctoral candidate in the Population Health Program in Bouvé College of Health Sciences Arielle Scoglio, and the IHESJR’s Director, […]

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December 18

Culturally Responsive Evaluation (CRE): Introduction and Inquiry

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December 9

​IHESJR Community Interviewer Featured in the New York Times and The Oregonian

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December 3

Salus Populi Advisory Board Formation

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November 24

IHESJR Collaborates with Mass DMH & McLean LEAP Center

On November 5, individuals within IHESJR attended the Massachusetts Strategic Meeting 2020. The conference, hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) and McLean Hospital’s LEAP Center, aimed to […]

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November 16

Debby Nguyen awarded the Honors Propel Grant

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November 6

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Fall 2020

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October 28

IHESJR Presents at APHA 2020

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October 6

Zoë Harris and Taylor Smith awarded the MLK Fellowship

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September 24

Highlighting Past Health Equity Interns

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July 31

Alisa Lincoln, Suzanne Garverich, and Rachel Rodgers featured in Bouvé’s Women Who Inspire Series

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July 23

Announcing the Summer 2020 Advancing Health Equity Pilot Awards

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July 23

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Summer 2020

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May 28

IHESJR Researchers Present Projects at RISE

RISE is Northeastern’s annual research conference. RISE stands for Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Entrepreneurship. Over 100 judges come together to measure the ingenuity of Northeastern research and determine recipients of […]

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May 21

Faculty Scholar Dr. Beth Molnar’s VTRI Project Provides Webinar Recordings

  IHESJR faculty member Dr. Beth Molnar, Director of Violence Prevention and Trauma Studies at the Institute, and Population Health PhD student Samantha Meeker, invite you to view webinars provided […]

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May 4

Meghna Iyer Receives Ascent PEAK Award

Meghna Iyer, an IHSEJR health equity intern, has received a PEAK Ascent Award for her project titled “The Effect of Guardrails on Motor Vehicle Safety.” The project intends to collect […]

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May 4

Dr. Tiffany Joseph Publishes Op-Ed in Newsweek Magazine

​IHESJR Health Equity Faculty ​Scholar Dr. Tiffany Joseph, ​from the College of Social Science and Humanities recently published an op-ed article titled “Trump’s Immigration Policies are Making the Coronavirus Pandemic […]

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April 21

COVID-19: How to Be Safe and Resilient

Global Health experts around Boston collaborated on a COVID-19 safety course titled “COVID-19: How to be Safe and Resilient” released from Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute. The course features information presented […]

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April 21

New Publication from Jessica Hoffman and WE PLAY Team

The implementation of their WE PLAY program has earned faculty  member Dr. Jessica Hoffman, Ellyn Schmidt, PhD ’20, Dr. Mara Ellyon, and their colleagues, a new publication in the School […]

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April 20

Faculty Scholar Dani Snyder-Young Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant

Faculty scholar Dr. Dani Snyder-Young, Director of the Institute, Dr. Alisa Lincoln, and Dr. Young’s team, have been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for their […]

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April 2

Why Am I Having Such a Hard Time When I’m Not Sick with the Virus?

  Director of the Institute, Dr. Alisa Lincoln shares her personal and professional experience with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in an interview for an article in News @ Northeastern. She […]

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February 28

IHESJR Community Service

The Institute for Health Equity and Social justice had their first annual community service day.  Faculty, staff and students from the Institute community came together to provide needed volunteer services […]

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February 19

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Spring 2020

Ramya Kumar (under the supervision of Dr. Laura Senier), Andrew Lee (under the supervision of Dr. Claudia Santelices), Madeleine Wong (under the supervision of Dr. Tiffany Joseph), and Alice Yan […]

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December 4

Alisa Lincoln Featured on What’s New Podcast

What’s New Podcast is an exploration of new ideas and discovery from Northeastern University Library hosted by Dan Cohen. The latest episode, “Inequality and Mental Health”, features Alisa Lincoln, an […]

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October 23

Student Researchers Receive PEAK Awards for Fall 2019

Nur Selin Akbulut (under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Parker), Abigail Cahill (under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Parker), Sumire Maki (under the supervision of Dr. Alisa Lincoln), Jenna Bourassa […]

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October 21

Faculty Scholar Dr. Collette Ncube Awarded 5-year Grant from NIH

Dr. Collette Ncube, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, was awarded a competitive 5-year K01 award from National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at NIH, […]

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October 2

New Publication from Beth Molnar and VTT Team

From the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit (VTT) project, for which she was the Principal Investigator, Beth Molnar and colleagues have a new publication demonstrating the excellent validity and reliability of the […]

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September 25

Experience of a Student Researcher

One of the Health Equity Interns, working on research related to mental health stigma in the Jamaican community, was featured in Northeastern News. Read more about her and another Northeastern […]

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September 25

Alisa Lincoln and Co-authors are Recognized by SAGE

SAGE publication held a call for nomination in late 2018 for articles that have had a significant real-world impact on policy, education, practice, or research in the field. The hopes […]

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June 5

Dr. Tiffany Joseph to Participate in the 2019 Health Disparities Research Institute

Dr. Joseph is a faculty scholar at the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research and will be attending the Health Disparities Research Institute, sponsored by the National Institute […]

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May 9

Student Receives Northeastern University’s Constance K. Green Award for Outstanding Field Experience

Hyun Sue (Caroline) Kim, a Health Equity Intern at the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research, was given the Constance K. Green Award for Outstanding Field Experience.

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May 8

Announcing the Summer 2019 Advancing Health Equity Pilot Awards

The Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research is committed to supporting work which advances the goals of health equity for diverse populations made vulnerable through marginalization and exclusion […]

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April 10

Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE)

Students affiliated with the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research had a great showing at Northeastern University’s Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE) this year. 

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March 8

Impact Evaluations Panel

Northeastern University’s Public Evaluation Lab (a collaboration between the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research and the Institute for Race and Justice) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network […]

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March 8

Images of Urban Health

The Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research hosted a photography contest in collaboration with the College of Art, Media, and Design (CAMD). 

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February 8

PhotoVoice Panel

Northeastern University’s Public Evaluation Lab (a collaboration between the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research and the Institute for Race and Justice) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network […]

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February 4

New Toolkit Designed to Help Those Who Help Trauma Victims

In addition to high-stress and dangerous environments, organizations that support victims of trauma must grapple with an occupational challenge called vicarious traumatization.

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