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The Center for Community Health Innovation has been highlighted at conferences and in media, including a new piece for The New England Journal of Medicine.
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The report, written by Dr. Liz Ackley and four student researchers, offers a detailed picture of health trends among elementary school students in Roanoke City.
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Led in part by Professor Liz Ackley, the project gives Salem and Covington residents a powerful tool to monitor and improve community health.
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Community grocery store opens in project championed by Roanoke professor, center
November 14, 2024
Category: Our Community
Market on Melrose is the result of nine years of research and development led by Professor Liz Ackley and Roanoke College’s Center for Community Health Innovation.
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Center for Community Health Innovation joins grant-funded project
October 18, 2023
Category: Our Community
A collaborative grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth will allow the center, along with six community partners, to support breastfeeding education as a tool to reduce or prevent childhood obesity.
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Roanoke College is a key partner in this effort. Dr. Liz Ackley is one of the presenters in the weeklong competition.
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Student research leads to ‘transformative’ project in Roanoke
October 01, 2021
Thanks to the work of a Roanoke faculty member and her students, a neighborhood in need could be getting a grocery store, health care and more.
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The project examines the relationship between community connection and health.
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Dr. Ackley is Turning Data to Action
September 28, 2018
Roanoke College is the anchor institution for the project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Collecting community data, impacting community change
July 19, 2018
Data-gathering focused on health barriers in low-income communities.
