Effective transformational change in Buffalo, as UB’s Center for Urban Studies joins the Community Health Equity Research Institute

UB reported to more powerfully address and reverse Buffalo’s entrenched health disparities, the UB Center for Urban Studies, which is dedicated to regenerating underdeveloped neighborhoods, is joining the Community Health Equity Research Institute.

Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., PhD, professor of urban and regional planning and a UB Community Health Equity Research Institute Executive Committee Member quoted, “Making the Center for Urban Studies part of the Community Health Equity Research Institute represents a wonderful opportunity to marry our work on underdeveloped neighborhoods and issues with the built environment directly with the health disciplines on campus.”

(Summary by Office of University Communications)

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To effect transformational change in Buffalo, UB’s Center for Urban Studies is joining the Community Health Equity Research Institute - University at Buffalo