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The New York University College of Dentistry was awarded a $1.5 million U.S. grant to prepare dental and hygiene students to care for the underserved.

Funding from the Office of Community Outreach & Engagement is accelerating the progress of 11 of community organizations across Washington that are working to keep all residents healthy.

Projects this year were sought that address WSU’s commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access, and focus on specific areas that improve student learning through innovative practices.

The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to advancing health equity and improving health outcomes of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

Dr. Vida Henderson. Public health researcher Dr. Henderson focuses on preventive health services utilization as well as cancer prevention and early detection, particularly in underserved populations and high-risk communities. An expert in racial and gender health inequities; minority health; women’s health; health communication and community-engaged research, her goal is to improve gender and racial health inequities by exploring multi-level associations between socio-economic status, health literacy, structural bias and other social determinants of health, and physical and mental health as ...