Shalini Tendulkar Appointed to Harvard Catalyst Community Engaged Research Subcommittee

ICH Research & Evaluation Scientist, Shalini Tendulkar, was recently appointed to the Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Subcommittee of the Harvard Catalyst Community Health Innovation and Research Program. Join us in congratulating Shalini!

Using Creative Methods to Evaluate Youth Programs

By Kelly Washburn & Julie Carpineto  We are the evaluators of an urban high school-based teen pregnancy prevention program in Everett, MA called “Empowering Youth in our Community”. Our partner, whom ICH has worked with for 9 years, is the Family Planning and Adolescent Community Services Division at the Cambridge Health Alliance. Each year, the […]

The Many Faces of Data: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives during My Internship at ICH

By Sami Hamdan As an intern at the Institute for Community Health (ICH), I had the opportunity to study several different aspects of public health that fascinate me. However, my work at ICH also gave me the opportunity to explore health care and health reform through a lens that I had not previously considered: qualitative […]

ICH Staff Offer PhotoVoice Workshop at AAPI Mental Health Forum

This Friday, May 16, Shalini Tendulkar and Nazmim Bhuiya will offer a PhotoVoice workshop at the 5th Annual Asian American & Pacific Islander Mental Health Forum. This workshop will train participants to plan and implement a Photovoice project, address strengths and challenges associated with the method, and present a case study along with lessons learned. Learn […]

Adapting Race & Ethnicity Categories to Fit your Community

By Jeff Desmarais & Ranjani Paradise In honor of National Minority Health Month, ICH is exploring the complexities of race and ethnicity data collection. Any program, organization, or institution seeking to identify and address racial and ethnic health disparities must collect race/ethnicity data on the individuals they serve. However, in practice this proves challenging, as […]

ICH Welcomes Executive Director Dr. Lise E. Fried

Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Supporters, On behalf of the Board of Directors at the Institute for Community Health (ICH), I am very pleased to announce that Lise E. Fried, DSc, MS, has been named the new Executive Director. We are collectively elated about the new energy, new ideas, and sound skills that Lise will bring, […]