Health Equity Research Lab

Community-engaged, rigorous mixed methods research to promote health equity.

Check out the ALACRITY Center eSToRY website for youth mental health

It is our hope that this website made by and for youth will provide a shared space and resources for youth mental wellness research and practice. Please visit!

Statement & Resources Regarding Anti-Asian and Anti-Black Violence

We condemn structural and interpersonal racism and anti-Asian and anti-Black violence. The HERLab along with our sister research center, the PRIME Center for Health Equity, has put forth lists of resources and statements of commitment and action that we hope you will take the time to read. Cambridge Health Alliance also released an Anti-Racism Statement.

What We Do

The Health Equity Research Lab is an interdisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, and community partners conducting research to improve physical and mental health in diverse communities.  We are part of Cambridge Health Alliance, a safety net health care system in Boston metro-north area, whose mission is to improve the health of local communities with a longstanding commitment to vulnerable and diverse populations. Striving to achieve health equity, the Lab 1) develops and evaluates high impact interventions to reduce health disparities; 2) identifies the mechanisms and factors of resiliency underlying health in the face of social and economic adversity; 3) fosters collaboration among researchers, clinicians, and community members, and 4) trains junior investigators (post-docs and junior faculty) to produce actionable research. These activities are grounded and guided by engagement from patients, their family members, and patient advocates.

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An Interdisciplinary Team

 

Researchers

Health policy

SOCIAL SCIENces

Machine learning

clinical psychology

Clinicians

Psychiatrists

clinical psychologists

social workers
 

Community Partners

The transformation center

CHA Patient Partners

CHA Volunteer Health Advisors

Cambridge Police Department

 
 

Contact Us

Please use this form to contact us! If you are interested in collaborating (investigators, students, or volunteers), please include a brief summary of your training and experience, particular projects or investigators you would like to engage, and your time commitment.