Black church leaders to support mental health services with $1.25 million grant in Richmond
VCU Department of Health Policy Assistant Professor Dr. Anika Hines is a member at Cedar Street and took the lead in writing the grant application. Read the full story here.
VCU researchers team up with Salvation Army to promote financial literacy for Richmond families while targeting the roots of poverty
Psychology professor Marcia Winter says addressing both topics together, through the new Building Wealth and Health Network, can help break the cycle. By Sian Wilkerson Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University are working with The Salvation Army Central Virginia Area Command to pilot the Building Wealth and Health Network, a program that will provide tools for financial empowerment […]
Capturing MODRN EQUIP (Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network: Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs)
Department of Health Policy’s Dr. Andrew Barnes joins AcademyHealth and University of Pittsburgh to support evidence-based policymaking with a focus on transforming Medicaid-financed healthcare.
Social Justice From the Heart
Department of Health Policy Assistant Professor Dr. Anika Hines featured in Richmond Magazine Anika Hines is stressed about stress. As an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Population Health, Hines works to learn what stresses out different groups, classes and communities. “People tell me not to study stress, because stress is hard. It’s complicated […]
A Snapshot of Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advances in Medicaid Pregnancy Health)
Department of Health Policy faculty Dr. Andrew Barnes, Dr. Peter Cunningham, and Dr. Anika Hines join AcademyHealth and University of Pittsburgh to leverage an innovative distributed research network to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity and improve pregnancy and postpartum health outcomes in Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities.
Healthcare Policy PhD candidate and School of Dentistry Associate Professor examines the impact of Medicaid dental policies
Shillpa Naavaal, an associate professor in the VCU School of Dentistry, hopes to promote strong oral health policies with the help of a five-year grant from the NIH. by Joan Tupponce Shillpa Naavaal’s concern for Virginians who need the most dental care but receive the least has been at the root of her research for […]
AIDS Awareness Month: Highlighting research from Dr. April Kimmel and her team
Dr. April Kimmel, Associate Professor and primary faculty member of the Healthcare Policy and Research PhD program, leads her team of students and staff to conduct federally-funded, team-based research that informs policy related to HIV and other chronic conditions worldwide. Below are some publications featuring work by PhD students Jessica Kiernan, MSc and Delton Harris, […]
New VCU-led research shows how stress from racism influences disparities in heart health
Study finds that chronic stress from discrimination and neighborhood conditions are impacting the cardiovascular health of Black men and women in unique ways across the United States. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, yet the risk of death from this condition differs by race and ethnicity. Research has shown that Black […]
Study: Virginia Medicaid expansion increased financial security for enrollees
Chesterfield resident Geneva Gordon was forced to file for bankruptcy after receiving a $21,000 hospital bill for a reconstructive wrist surgery while uninsured. Leaving her previous job left her without insurance, living paycheck to paycheck and constantly worrying about getting sick and adding to her growing medical debt. Gordon has since enrolled in Medicaid, which […]
Leaders discuss key strategies to payment parity in Virginia health care
Leaders from various health care silos discussed potential strategies to increase payment parity at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Virtual Colloquium Addressing Health Equity last week. A 2019 survey from the Virginia Center for Health Innovation found over 55% of surveyed adults in Virginia experienced health care affordability hardships in the last one to two years prior to the […]