Urban Health Institute Blog

Spreading Joy for Jordan: A Citywide Celebration of Childhood Wellness and Literacy

2018 Bunting Fellow Larry Simmons Appointed to Baltimore City School Board

From Adversity to Advocacy: Agzja Carey’s Mission for Equity and Empowerment

Celebrating the 2024 Bunting Fellows: Champions of Community Leadership

Meet Our New Associate Director, Dr. Denis G. Antoine II, MD!

Mastering Communication and Branding: Key Takeaways from 2024 Bunting Fellows' Transformative Session

New Song Community Learning Center’s “Voices in My Head” Youth Mental Health App Wins 2024 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award

Meet Our New Associate Director!

Empowering Youth to Lead: CLIA's Impact on Baltimore's Youth

2024 Bunting Fellows Embrace the Art of Relationship Building and Organizing

Join the Urban Health Institute as an Associate Director to Advance Health Equity in Baltimore

Twelve Fellows Join 2024 Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Program

Eight 2024 Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant Recipients Awarded

Congratulations to our 2023 Bunting Fellows

Donna Bruce, bringing light to life’s tribulations

For My Kidz supports Baltimore youth with education, workforce training and housing resources

Picture yourself as a 2024 Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Fellow

Call for Applications for the Strategic Consultation Grant

Baltimore Health Equity Impact Grant 2024 requests for proposals open now

Maryland Hunger Solutions collaboration with Public Health wins 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award 

Health Equity

Employment and low recidivism among women participating in Baltimore re-entry program

Fostering equitable opportunities through basketball

Darryl Perry's Ball 4 Books program raises school supplies through basketball tournaments. 

Call for Applications for the 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award 

Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute announces call for applications for the 2023 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award. 

Urban Health Institute Position Statement on Gun Violence in Baltimore

Gun Violence

Violence

The value of leadership training for communities

Health Equity

The Voltrinas & “Walk With A Doc”

Jonathan Moore: Making Broadband a Human Right

LaQuida Chancey, Innovative Advocate for the Homeless

2021 Bunting Neighborhood Leadership Fellows Graduate

UHI Community Voices: Changing Narratives and Breaking Generational Norms

2021 Social Determinants of Health Symposium

Inaugural UHI Baltimore Grantee Showcase

UHI Community Voices: Love, Truth, and Justice: Larry Simmons On Community Leadership

Meet Our New Associate Director!

Community Forum With Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett: Everything You Should Know About the COVID-19 Vaccines

UHI Community Voices:Combating Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award: The Granny Project

Inaugural Health Equity Training Opportunities Virtual Showcase

Thank You to Our Associate Directors

Women in Leadership Positions

Unsung Hero: Brother Paul

400 Years Later, The Legacy of Slavery on Health Equity

Small Grant Recipient Publishes Youth Cookbook!

2019 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award Winner: MERIT Health Leadership Academy

A Community-Driven Research Approach to Environmental Health in Baltimore City Public Schools

Meet Zola! UHI 2019 Summer Intern

Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Director to Step Down

How Communities and People Thrive!

4th Annual Latinx Health Conference

The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: A Conversation with Antero Pietila

Educating, Enriching, and Saving Lives: UHI’s 2018 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award Winner!

Voices of Social Change: Fifty Years Later

Urban Health Institute Introduces a New Course at Johns Hopkins University

Turnaround Tuesday Receives 2017 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award

SquashWise Youth Development Program

Baltimore Dialogue with Kevin Shird author of “Lessons of Redemption”

The Pythias A. and Virginia I. Jones African American Community Forum on Memory Loss

Baltimore Dialogue with Kathryn Edin: $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Through the Eyes of a UHI Intern: #SDH2014

44 Years Behind Bars: An Interview with Political Prisoner and Community Activist Marshall "Eddie" Conway

Redefining Fatherhood: The Role of Fathers in the Lives of Children

Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute Awards $15,000 to Safe Streets East