A newly published paper by faculty and students at the Dornsife School of Public Health, and Urban Health Collaborative found that climate-related disasters were associated with mental distress among adolescents living in urban school districts across the U.S.
Rates of people experiencing homelessness plummeted in big U.S. cities when pandemic-era housing safety net programs and policies were in effect. Now that these programs have ended, rates of people experiencing homelessness have risen to record levels.
On Wednesday, February 8, the Urban Health Collaborative had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Brian D. Smedley, a national thought leader in the field of health equity who is currently an Equity Scholar and Senior Fellow the Urban Institute.
