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Meet the 2025–2026 Community Health Champions! 💜
These student leaders partner with Furman’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health to advance health and well-being on campus and in the community. As IACH ambassadors, they engage peers in conversations about health, represent...
Continue ReadingIACH Community Health Conversations: Dialogue That Drives Change
Launched in 2024, the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health’s Community Health Conversations series was created to spark meaningful dialogue around the social and structural drivers that shape health. What began as an idea...
Continue ReadingBuilding Brighter Tomorrows: Advancing Community Health in 2026 and Beyond
How do we build communities where every child, family, and neighborhood can thrive? What does it take to move beyond awareness and into action on the social and community conditions that shape our health? These...
Continue ReadingHOUSING IS HEALTHCARE
On November 11, the Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH) hosted Housing is Healthcare, the latest installment of our Community Health Conversations series. Held at the Crescent Innovation District, the event brought together...
Continue ReadingIACH Announces Its 2025-2026 Calendar of Community Events
The Institute for the Advancement of Community Health is pleased to announce its 2025–2026 calendar of public events, including the return of the popular Community Health Conversations series and the annual Building Brighter Tomorrows conference....
Continue ReadingA Riley Diversity Leaders Initiative group puts little libraries in salon, barber shop
IACH Executive Director Dr. Kerry Sease is part of a team that helped to set up cozy reading spaces for children as part of the Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) program of the Riley Institute at...
Continue ReadingUniting for Health: The Role of Communication in Driving Change
By Kerry Sease, MD, MPH Executive Director, Institute for the Advancement of Community Health How we talk about community health has never been more important. Ongoing debates around healthcare and public health policy have underscored...
Continue ReadingGlobal health draws students to Portugal for a MayX
During his first week in Lisbon, Portugal, Kobby Frempong ’26, a Furman University student, donned surgical scrubs and watched in an OR as a neurosurgeon spent most of the day resecting a tumor from the...
Continue ReadingQ&A with IACH Executive Director Dr. Kerry Sease
What are the Upstate’s unique public health challenges? KS: In the Upstate we are fortunate to have two health systems that are dedicated to the health of our communities. One helpful tool is their community...
Continue ReadingWelcome to our 2024-2025 Student Community Health Champions!
We’re excited to announce our 2024-2025 Student Community Health Champions! Our Champions are part of a student leadership organization that promotes IACH’s mission and values on the Furman University campus and in the community. Welcome...
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