HARTFORD, Conn., May 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Hartford HealthCare's Institute of Living at
Hartford Hospital launched the Center for Research on
Racial Trauma and Community Healing, a one-of-a-kind
research center. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of
the psychological and behavioral consequences of discrimination and
trauma to advance healing through the power of
community.
"It will take the legacy of our scientific knowledge and invest
it into the communities we serve," says Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, Chair of Psychiatry at
Hartford Hospital's Institute of Living and Chief of the Department
of Psychiatry at Hartford Hospital. He is the founding Director of
the new Center.
"The Institute of Living has been an important thought leader in
research and scientific discussion, and as we celebrate our 200th
anniversary, we felt it was a good time to engage even more with
the communities around us," Dr. Sukhera says. "With everything that
we continue to endure, we wanted to prioritize the topics of racial
trauma and community healing. Now more than ever, it is important
to understand the psychological, physical and behavioral
consequences of discrimination and how we can foster healing."
Current projects that are
already underway include:
- Launch of a "culturally affirming parent support group for
Black and African American parents," through partnership with the
Hartford Community Foundation.
- Study of mistrust and discrimination in reproductive care in
partnership with UConn Health.
- Tapping artificial intelligence to analyze stigmatizing and
biased language in electronic health records. This is being done in
collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Representatives from Hartford HealthCare, Hartford Mayor Arunan
Arulampalam, local community and civic organizations, and
residents held a community conversation Tuesday at the Artists
Collective in Hartford to address
long standing issues in the Hartford community and to celebrate what this
Center will mean. The panel discussion addressed why community
healing is important to the city and the role that healthcare plays
in the process.
For more information on the Center for Research on Racial
Trauma and Community Healing, visit
https://instituteofliving.org/health-professionals/center-for-racial-trauma
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