URMC / Center for Community Health & Prevention / News & Events News & Events Upcoming Events UR Breaking Down Silos: A Joint Symposium April 18 @ 9:00 AM Hilton Garden Inn University of Rochester faculty, staff, and doctoral students are invited to a joint symposium that will serve as a bridge between the important work teams are leading, both at the Medical Center and ... Got Health Talk: Improving the Health of Black Moms and Babies April 18 @ 11:00 AM Stream Link Join the Center for Community Health & Prevention for our next virtual Got Health talk at 11 a.m. on April 18 on the CCHP Facebook page. Sherita Bullock, executive director of Healthy Baby Network, wi... Special Public Health Grand Rounds: Dr. Bernard Guyer Lecture Series April 19 @ 12:00 PM School of Nursing Auditorium at Helen Wood Hall Stream Link Michelle A. Williams, ScD, Joan and Julius Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and visiting professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Standf... More Events » 20242023202220212020 Ghinwa Dumyati, MD, Contributes to Nationwide Study on Healthcare Associated InfectionsThursday, November 1, 2018Patients' hospital-based infection risk is slowly declining as a result of intensive staff training and research.UR Medicine infectious disease specialist Dr. Ghinwa Dumyati, who also leads the Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Prevention Program at the Center for Community Health & Prevention, recently spoke with NBC News about the study. Dumyati took part in the CDC surveys in 2011 and 2015 as part of the Emerging Infections Program. $1.8 M Grant Supports Life-Changing Cancer Services Across the Finger Lakes RegionTuesday, October 2, 2018The Center for Community Health & Prevention (CCHP), of the University of Rochester Medical Center, was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant by the New York State Department of Health that will expand its Cancer Services Program of Monroe County to the surrounding Seneca, Yates, Wayne, Ontario and Livingston counties, re-naming it the "Cancer Services Program of the Finger Lakes Region" (CSP-FLR).Read More: $1.8 M Grant Supports Life-Changing Cancer Services Across the Finger Lakes Region"Get Screened Rochester" campaign photo wins PRism awardFriday, July 6, 2018Congratulations to our partners at Martino Flynn for winning a PRism Not-for-Profit Award of Excellence in Photography! The Element award recognized their excellent work on our "Get Screened Rochester" campaign, particularly for their "use of diverse community members to create emotional photography that incites action." Be sure to check out Martino Flynn's beautiful work on the Get Screened Rochester campaign!Read More: "Get Screened Rochester" campaign photo wins PRism awardTips for Getting Motivated to CookWednesday, March 28, 2018Our Registered Dietitian, April Ho, shares tips for getting motivated to cook at home in the latest Health Matters blog post.