It's not too late to get vaccinated! Starting today, Cambridge Public Health Dept's COVID & flu vaccination clinics resume from 12-4 pm on Wednesdays, ending in mid-June at 119 Windsor St. You do not have to be a Cambridge resident to receive a vaccine. bit.ly/3DRCTBF

Bring equity and excellence to everyone, every time as a clinical case worker in complex care management! Identify and intervene with high risk patients at assigned primary care sites as part of an innovative Accountable Care Organization. Learn more: bit.ly/3YWIDlO

Check out this new paper from HERLab researchers and collaborators on cigarette smoking trends among people with SUD and criminal legal involvement. healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.137…

New paper out from HERLab investigators: Criminal Legal Involvement Among U.S. Adults with Serious Psychological Distress and Differences by Race-Ethnicity. Read the paper here. ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11…

Jahvon, one of our Research Assistants, recently presented his poster titled "Effects of Full Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatment on Smoking Behaviors among Lifetime Smoker Medicaid Beneficaries with Substance Use Disorder" at Harvard Psychiatry Research Day!

NEW Research Assistant and Research Coordinator positions open at the Health Equity Research Lab (HERLab)! Apply here: healthequityresearch.org/careers

A recent paper has been published from the HERLab team titled "A Widening Divide: Cigarette Smoking Trends Among People with Substance Use Disorder and Criminal Legal Involvement". Read the full paper here: healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

Earlier this month, we held our 2nd annual meeting for the ALACRITY eStoRY (Early Screening and Treatment of at-Risk Youth) Center. Thank you to our researchers, clinicians, and community partners who gathered to share and reflect upon the progress we have made at the Center!

Mike Flores, a research scientist at the HERLab, has recently published a paper titled: Lack of Access to Health Insurance for Latinx Communities Even After Medicaid Expansion. Read the paper here! ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

New paper from HERLab investigators: Examining Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Tobacco Dependence Treatment Among Medicaid Benefciaries Using Fifty State Medicaid Claims, 2009–2014 Read it here! trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/94…

Interesting policy report released by R Street regarding deflection programs for youth mentions Cambridge Police Department Safety Net evaluations. Full report here: rstreet.org/research/data-…

Congrats to Lindsay Overhage for her recent publication in JAMA titled "Trends in Acute Care Use for Mental Health Conditions Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic". Read more here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Insightful public health piece about racial disparities in homelessness written with the help of two HERLab members (Benjamin Lê Cook and Brian Mullin). Full report here: publichealthpost.org/research/stagg…

First six months of the state’s mental health overhaul reveal promise and challenges bostonglobe.com/2023/07/27/met…

The HERLab had a strong presence at the CHA Poster Session! Kudos to all the researchers for their dedication and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in their respective areas. Truly excited for the future of healthcare innovation at CHA!

‘A five-alarm fire’: Mass. children with behavioral health needs languish on wait lists for services, state survey shows bostonglobe.com/2023/12/14/met…