The UCLA School of Public Health Center to Eliminate Health Disparities (CEHD) identifies, investigates and addresses differences in health status and disease burden among various population groups. 

A key feature of CEHD is its heavy focus on community based intervention research to mitigate observed disparities. 

The Center to Eliminate Health Disparities is co-directed by Drs. Roshan Bastani and Antronette (Toni) Yancey.  Dr. Alexander Ortega is the Center's Associate Director, and Dr. Joyce Jones Guinyard, the Administrative Director.
 

During its first two years, CEHD focused on:  

• Strengthening the university's linkage with local health departments, particularly the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Health and Health Services, to assist in the core functions  of assurance, assessment and policy development.

• Creating training opportunities to foster county and community-based organizational  leadership development, faculty development in community practice-based scholarship, and student learning in applied research settings.

• Studying the pandemics of obesity and sedentary behavior across the lifespan.

Over the next five years the center's goal is to enhance its current efforts while broadening its focus and reach.

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APHA 135th Annual Meeting and Expo

November 3 - 7, 2007, Washington, DC

www.apha.org/meetings/