URMC / Center for Community Health & Prevention / News & Events News & Events Upcoming Events Sister's Day: Free Breast Cancer Screenings September 26 @ 9:30 AM Benton Fire Department The Cancer Services Program of the Finger Lakes Region, Wilmot Cancer Institute, Yates County Public Health and Rochester Regional Health's Mobile Mammography Unit have partnered to provide a free bre... Public Health Grand Rounds: The Present Illness: American Health Care and Its Afflictions September 29 @ 12:00 PM The problems of high costs, poor access, and bad outcomes in American health care are well-recognized, but efforts to address them through policy interventions have had limited success. In this Publi... Free Breast Cancer Screening Day October 07 @ 9:00 AM Highland Breast Imaging - Red Creek The Cancer Services Program of the Finger Lakes Region and Highland Breast Imaging - Red Creek have partnered to provide a free breast cancer screening day for uninsured and underinsured individuals a... Free Breast Cancer Screening Day October 14 @ 9:00 AM Newark-Wayne Community Hospital The Cancer Services Program of the Finger Lakes Region and Newark-Wayne Community Hospital have partnered to provide a free breast cancer screening day for uninsured and underinsured individuals ages ... Promote HEALTH October 16 @ 5:15 PM Small changes in our eating patterns and how we move can add up to make a big difference for our health. Learn how by joining Promote HEALTH, previously Promote Health. Prevent Cancer., an eight-week ... More Events » 20232022202120202019 University Program Named Neighborhood ChampionThursday, December 23, 2021Bank of America has recognized the University of Rochester as its "2021 Neighborhood Champion." This award is in recognition of the work the University of Rochester does to advance economic mobility throughout the greater Rochester region with the Teen Health & Success Partnership program (THSP) at the Center for Community Health & Prevention. The Neighborhood Champions program provides $50,000 in grant support, as well as an opportunity for virtual leadership training. Read More: University Program Named Neighborhood ChampionRochester Diabetes Prevention Program Earns "CDC-Full Recognition" DesignationMonday, November 8, 2021 The Rochester Diabetes Prevention Program (RDPP), offered by our Center clinicians, recently received "Full Recognition" status for the next five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This designation is reserved for programs that have effectively delivered a quality, evidence-based program that meets all of the standards for CDC recognition. In our recognition letter, the Team Lead of the CDC's National Diabetes Prevention Recognition Program, said: "The sustained success of your lifestyle change program makes an invaluable contribution to the prevention of type 2 diabetes, both in your community and nationally... You and your colleagues should be extremely proud of this accomplishment. It is programs like yours that are turning the tide in the fight against the epidemic of type 2 diabetes." Infectious Disease Expert Recognized with University Alumni Service AwardWednesday, July 14, 2021Ghinwa Dumyati, M.D., infectious disease expert and director of the Center's Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Prevention program, was recently recognized with the 2021 School of Medicine and Dentistry Alumni Service Award. The award honors a University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry alumnus who has furthered the interests of the medical school and the Alumni Council through significant support, commitment and service. Read More: Infectious Disease Expert Recognized with University Alumni Service AwardURMC Recognizes 3 for Satcher Community Health AwardsThursday, May 6, 2021 Three University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) faculty members were recognized today for their contributions to improving health in the Greater Rochester region. The 12th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards, presented by the Center for Community Health & Prevention of URMC, featured a timely grand rounds presentation by Eugenia C. South, M.D., M.S.P.H., a physician at Penn Medicine and assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Read More: URMC Recognizes 3 for Satcher Community Health AwardsCenter Recognized with Award from the New York State Public Health AssociationThursday, April 29, 2021 The Center for Community Health & Prevention (CCHP) was recognized with the Outstanding Leadership in Public Health in New York State (Organization)Award for the 2021 New York State Public Health Partnership Conference Annual Awards. The Public Health Partnership Conference was held virtually. Read More: Center Recognized with Award from the New York State Public Health Association