Delmar Avenue, which spans St. Louis, Missouri, from east to west, features million-dollar homes directly to the south and deep poverty to its north. The so-called Delmar Divide represents the racial and socioeconomic segregation that exists in many American cities.

That same racially driven divide also exists in the city’s health care. This film investigates the legacy of racism in health care in St. Louis and how one program is attempting to end it. Pipeline to Compassionate Care teaches St. Louis medical students about the ways systemic racism has been built into the health care system, how those injustices have affected people’s lives and health, and how they can be more compassionate and effective care providers.

Through interviews with Jamila Michener, Associate Professor, Co-Director, Cornell Center for Health Equity; Bethany Johnson-Jarvois, CEO of St. Louis Integrated Health Network; and Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier, Program Coordinator, Pipeline to Compassionate Care, viewers will learn how the program works to dismantle the effects of systemic racism in health care, one doctor at a time.

Tashara M. Leak, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences (Cornell University, Ithaca) was awarded an R21 from NIMHD for her proposal titled, “The preliminary efficacy of a culturally tailored, telehealth lifestyle intervention for Black adolescent girls with prediabetes: a pilot randomized controlled trial”. Dr. Marisa Censani (Weill Cornell Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology) is a co-investigator on the grant, along with Martin Wells, PhD and Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD. This collaboration is an example of “One Cornell” working together towards health equity.

Last fall, the Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) was pleased to announce a funding opportunity for community partnership building grants. We committed to supporting projects that aim to establish or strengthen collaborative partnerships that would enable meaningful involvement of community stakeholders in health equity research. The purpose of this funding opportunity was to enhance capacity to develop innovative research practice partnerships broadly related to health equity. This year we were particularly interested in proposals that looked at health equity from a public health

proposals that explored the role of racial justice in achieving health equity. During this grant cycle, two projects were selected for funding in the amount of $5,000. We are delighted to highlight this year's CCHEq Community Partnership Building grant recipients.

The Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) partnered with the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS) and Cornell Population Center (CPC) to offer the CCSS NIH Grant Development Writing Program. Last year, the program supported a cohort of 16 scholars in the workshop series, awarded 6 pilot grants, and supported 7 Grant Development Fellows who have (or will soon) submitted grant proposals to NIH. This year, we will again be able to provide resources and mentorship opportunities to support the development of competitive NIH grant proposals. We are delighted to announce this year's awardees.

Dr. Monika Safford and Dr. Erica Phillips are this year's program faculty.

Congratulations to Dr. Susana Morales, Co-Associate Director of the Education Core at the Cornell Center for Health Equity, on being selected for the 2022 Physician of the Year of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) in acknowledgment of her continued leadership to improve Hispanic health. The award will be presented at the upcoming 25th Annual Conference: Addressing Social Determinants and Well-Being, which will be held March 24 - 27, 2022.

The Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care is piloting a brief online training about the needs of terminally ill patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are looking for physicians, nurses, and advance practice providers with a background or interest in palliative or critical care to watch or read our educational materials and provide their feedback as part of a research study.

This brief training is a compilation of evidence-based best practices for improving end-of-life care for patients with disabilities. It is designed to serve as a one-stop resource for healthcare providers interested in reducing end-of-life health disparities for this vulnerable population.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please visit this website:

Feel free to forward this link to anyone who may be interested or get in touch with co-PI Martin Viola at mav4001@med.cornell.edu.