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The Division is made up of 4 faculty, 3 Non-Faculty Academic Specialists, 3 Postdoctoral Scholars, and 52 staff. It is the administrative and programmatic home of the Action Research Center for Health Equity (formerly the Center for Vulnerable Populations), Amend, and the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative.</div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="main-wrapper"> <div id="main" class="clearfix"> <div id="content" class="column"> <div class="inside"> <a id="main-content"></a> <div class="tabs"></div> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-806" class="node node-page slider-primary clearfix" about="/home" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="Home" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2 style="text-align: center;">New Division Name</h2> <p>The Division formerly known as Division of the Center for Vulnerable Populations is now the聽Division of Health Equity and Society (DHES).聽聽We were motivated to choose a new name to turn away from the suggestion (from the word vulnerable) that inequities result from problems in the individual. In choosing a new name, we wanted to capture our division鈥檚 focus on programmatic and structural changes to promote health equity.聽 The DHES provides an administrative home to 3 major programs: the Action Research Center for Health Equity (formerly the Center for Vulnerable Populations),聽Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, and聽Amend, as well as Dr.聽Morgan Philibin鈥檚 robust research program focusing on how social policies and clinical practice shape inclusion and health equity.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="paragraphs-items paragraphs-items-field-paragraph-sections paragraphs-items-field-paragraph-sections-full paragraphs-items-full"> <div class="field field-name-field-paragraph-sections field-type-paragraphs field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-blockreferences"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-pg-blockref-blockref field-type-blockreference 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