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

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UPCOMING DEPARTMENTAL EVENTS

April 24, 2025

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, A conversation with Dr. Amy Edmondson

This talk is jointly organized by the School of Education, the Library, the School of Business, and Health Promotion and Nutrition Sciences (HPNS). The Speaker will be Dr. Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, at Harvard Business School