Center for Health Disparities Research (HDR@UCR)
The overall objective of the Health Disparities Research Center at UCR is to build capacity in community-based research across all of the communities we serve, though our initial focus is on health disparities among Latino/Hispanic communities in Inland Southern California. This is a rapidly growing and diverse region of more than 4.3 million people, characterized by a severe shortage of healthcare professionals, particularly primary care physicians.
The center brings together broad interdisciplinary approaches including environmental, biomedical, and social science methods to study health disparities.
Our training and development activities are available to graduate, postdoctoral, and new principal investigators, as well as to established STEM researchers.
HDR@UCR Mission Statement
The Center for Health Disparities Research at University of California, Riverside (HDR@UCR) is a research center that aims to develop a rich interdisciplinary and collaborative environment for training in and performing health disparities research, infusing community-engaged research methods into the academic culture, and equipping investigators with tools and training for effective community-based research.