The City University of New York (CUNY) Institute for Health Equity (CIHE) is a CUNY-wide institute that coordinates research, teaching, service and community engagement with the goal eliminate health inequalities, reduce health disparities and promote health.

In 2020-2021 CIHE embarked in a Strategic Plan process that defined CIHE’s mission, goals and actions items for the next 5 and 10 years.  At CIHE’s core are a group of distinguished faculty (affiliated and contributing) from across the CUNY-system; undergraduate and graduate students and community partners.

The CUNY Institute of Health Equity at Lehman College is proud to announce its recertification for a five-year period, authorized by the Board of Trustees, effective June 25, 2024.

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Inaugural Healthy Aging Symposium Helps Shape the Future of Aging

International and community experts share practices to strengthen late-life wellbeing

Another Quarter Million Dollars for Minority Health Research

CUNY Institute for Health Equity at Lehman one of only six institutions to win competitive award

$4.5 Million For a Healthier Bronx

Two major grants from NIH and Title V fund career pipeline programs

Health Disparities Dissemination Science (HDDS) Faculty Summer Fellowship

  • Foster the design of feasible health promotion interventions targeting the Bronx
  • Reduce health disparities in high-risk racial and ethnic populations
  • Prevent chronic diseases through creative, innovative, and research-based interventions

Applications are now being accepted. 

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