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Community Health Worker Institute at Montefiore Aims to Fill the Gap between Medical & Social Needs

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The delivery of healthcare services, while important, represents only 20% of the factors which contribute to a person’s health, according to representatives of Montefiore Health System. They said, in contrast, social determinants of health (SDOH) i.e. conditions that people are born into, work, and live in, which impact health outcomes such as housing, transportation and education are widely recognized as having the most significant influence on a person’s health.

Montefiore-Einstein Receives $5.2 Million in NIH Grant to Study Heart Failure in Hispanic Populations

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Cardiology researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) and Montefiore Health System (Montefiore) have received a 5-year, $5.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the underlying causes of heart failure among Hispanics/Latinos, who are at heightened risk for heart disease. Investigators will take a novel approach to assessing risk. They will simultaneously evaluate heart function as well as the relationship between the heart and the aorta, the large artery that conveys oxygen-rich blood from the heart’s left ventricle to the rest of the body. Carlos J. Rodriguez M.D., M.P.H., principal investigator on the grant,


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