Today, staff from CHC are participating in The 6th Annual Danbury Project Homeless Connect. You may have read about it in the Danbury Patch or the NewsTimes. But, what you may not have heard are some of the stories about what makes this such an important event. One of our dental hygienists shared a few stories about last year’s event. An overweight woman told me she has diabetes. I asked if she was checking her blood numbers daily and she…
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, about the broad scope of research underway at NIH, as well as his previous work leading the team that mapped the human genome, for which he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Smiles were in abundance this past Saturday at CHC, as a number of our HealthCorps Navigators and several staff members hosted the health center’s inaugural Help-Portrait event. Members of the Middletown community were invited to 675 Main Street, where high-quality portraits were taken – entirely free of charge – between 10am and 4pm. We were fortunate enough to have two photographers – Jesse Goldman and Daniel Robles – who volunteered their expertise throughout the day, and the result was sixty-six…
Meet Jackie Wang, a HealthCorps Navigator serving in Quality Improvement at CHC, Inc. ! – Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? University of Michigan, BS in Biochemistry, graduated in 2012. – What about joining CHC most excites you? The chance to meet and work with so many interesting people. – If not seeing patients/serving at CHC you would rather be _____________? Trying new restaurants or curling up with a good book. – What musical artist currently dominates your…
The Community Health Center, Inc. will be hosting its inaugural version of Help-Portrait on Saturday, December 8th from 10am until 4pm. Founded by Celebrity Photographer Jeremy Cowart, Help-Portrait is a community of photographers coming together across the world to use their photography skills to give back to their local community. As the holiday season approaches in December, photographers around the world will be grabbing their cameras, finding people in need and taking their picture. When the prints are ready, the…
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dan Hawkins, Senior Vice President for Federal, State and Public Affairs at the National Association of Community Health Centers. Mr. Hawkins discusses how community health centers are poised to take on a majority of the newly-insured once the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented