A Healthy Habits Homecoming: A Student Returns as Teacher
Educating elementary-school students about healthy food choices and regular exercise will help prevent childhood obesity and, ultimately, obesity in adulthood.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 02, 2022
A Healthy Day with Community Health Expert Premere Session
Premere Session, the associate director of Healthy Habits at Cedars-Sinai oversees one of the medical center's signature school-based community benefit programs. She can be found i...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 17, 2022
How Can I Help? Lesley Moreno's Path to Community Health
The Community Health Worker program at Charles R. Drew University led to Lesley Moreno to a dream career combining social work and healthcare.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 10, 2021
Faces of Cedars-Sinai: Erin Jackson-Ward, Grantmaker and Commu...
Erin Jackson-Ward is charged with awarding millions of dollars in grants aimed at enhancing the health and well-being of communities beyond Cedars-Sinai’s walls.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jun 24, 2021
A Hospital's Role in Strengthening Vulnerable Communities
In the interview with Rebecca Ruiz, senior features writer at Mashable, Cedars-Sinai President and CEO Thomas M. Priselac shared his views on the role of a hospital in reducing dis...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / May 12, 2021
Supporting Cancer Patients Through a Comforting Retail Space
Pre- and post-mastectomy garments and compression garments for women and men, including head coverings, are just some of the carefully curated items available at the new retail the...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 24, 2021
Equitable, Personalized Care for Women and Children of Color
The consequences of longstanding inequality in healthcare access and delivery has been well documented. Cedars-Sinai is working to improve cultural competence by focusing on the ca...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 22, 2021
Cedars-Sinai Gives Grants for COVID-19 Relief
Even in the best of times, many Angelenos struggle to pay rent, put dinner on the table and take care of their health needs. The COVID-19 pandemic has put the most vulnerable at ev...
Cedars-Sinai Magazine / Nov 09, 2020
Support for Nonprofit Education Program Fuels Career Developme...
Thanks to Cedars-Sinai’s grant support for the nonprofit educational program JVS SoCal, Zina Mansaray is on a path to a career in healthcare. Read more.
Embracing Our Community / Oct 07, 2020
A Giving Mission: Cedars-Sinai Community Benefit Program
A healthy community is a thriving community. That's one of the guiding principles behind Cedars-Sinai's Community Benefit program, which offers a variety of assistance programs and...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Aug 26, 2020
Cedars-Sinai Grant Builds Momentum to Raise the Bar for Homele...
Street medicine teams that bring health services directly to the homeless population of Los Angeles face a daunting challenge: People seeking food and shelter may relocate before c...
Embracing Our Community / Jul 14, 2020
Cedars-Sinai Partners Provide COVID-19 Relief for Vulnerable A...
As the COVID-19 infection rate again rises in Los Angeles, so do the needs of those at greatest risk. Cedars-Sinai's community health teams are partnering with local organizations ...
Embracing Our Community / Jul 13, 2020
Older Adult Exercise Programs Go Virtual
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are studying what types of programming improve social connectedness and decrease the risk of falls in older patients.
Embracing Our Community / Jul 01, 2020
Cedars-Sinai Community Health Teams Support COVID-19 Relief Ef...
During this crucial time, Cedars-Sinai's community health teams have pivoted their work to best achieve the organization’s mission of serving those in need.
Embracing Our Community / May 18, 2020
Fighting Cancer in any Culture
Cedars-Sinai is tackling health disparities by meeting people in their neighborhoods.
Embracing Our Community / Oct 21, 2019
