Dr. Claudia Toledo-Corral
Lilac Hall 108
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
Phone: (818) 677-4937
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About
We are a university-chartered center at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) dedicated to community-partnered participatory research and health equity advocacy.
Located in CSUN’s first research building, Lilac Hall, the HERE Center was chartered in 2019 with the goal of accelerating the university’s health disparities research and transforming health outcomes for historically marginalized communities through dedicated campus resources, community affiliations, and joint activities with research collaborators. Our vision can be summarized in one statement: we want everyone in the San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas to have the opportunity to live a healthy life.
The HERE Center grew from the foundation that the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research (PODER) program provided. BUILD PODER is a ten-year undergraduate biomedical research training program established in 2014 and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“A community coalition who works together to take on, a step at a time, community health and healthcare problems that generate health disparities. We strive for excellence in research rigor and research ethics, we collect evidence for policy change, and we follow through with policy implementation watches and support for social change on the ground.”
Carrie Saetermoe
Founder
The HERE Center is dedicated to improving health among historically marginalized communities through research, education, community-academic partnerships, and advocacy.
All individuals in the San Fernando Valley and surrounding communities live healthy lives.
- Stand for health equity among historically marginalized communities in the San Fernando Valley and the broader Los Angeles region.
- Support activities and projects around health equity.
- Promote community-academic research collaborations around health equity using interdisciplinary, culturally humble methods.
- Provide a focal point for health-related research training, education, and resources for students, faculty, staff, and community members.
- Serve as a source of information and dissemination to affected audiences, especially those communities that we serve.
- Provide a space for community knowledge and experiences in health equity research and education.
The HERE Center Model
Research in Action
Dr. Claudia Toledo-Corral
Lilac Hall 108
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
Phone: (818) 677-4937
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