Don’t Fear Your Furnace by Katrina Smith Korfmacher and Madeline Holodnik “Have you changed your furnace filter lately?” If you are reading a blog about healthy housing, the answer is probably yes. But if not, you are in… More
February 10th, 2026
Integrating New York’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program into Housing Rehabilitation: Initial Lessons from the ROC HOME Study
Integrating New York’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program into Housing Rehabilitation: Initial Lessons from the ROC HOME Study by Katrina Smith Korfmacher and Becca Lauzon, University of Rochester Promoting healthy homes requires thinking about housing and humans; however, many… More
January 22nd, 2020
The Choreography of Collaboration
The Choreography of Collaboration by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, University of Rochester Medical Center Let’s talk about collaboration. Collaboration seems to be the “motherhood and apple pie” of public health. It’s such an inarguably good idea that everyone can… More
October 25th, 2019
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, University of Rochester Medical Center In a 2004 newspaper editorial, Rochester’s Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning leaders claimed, “We will find lead hazards before they… More
March 16th, 2018
Representative Louise Slaughter Was a Champion for Healthy Housing
Representative Louise Slaughter Was a Champion for Healthy Housing The healthy housing community has lost a loyal friend and fierce advocate with the passing of Representative Louise Slaughter (NY-25), who died Friday morning, two days after falling at… More