<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/rangachari-thapa.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>03/28/2025</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Researchers Focus on Advancing Health Equity</title><description>A research collaboration between graduate students and Dr. Pavani Rangachari has resulted in a groundbreaking two-part study on how hospitals address social determinants of health (SDOH).</description><hide-description/><author>Pavani Rangachari, Ph.D., and Alisha Thapa ’24 MPH</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>March 28, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2025/pavani-rangachari-alisha-thapa.jpg" alt="Pavani Rangachari, Ph.D., and Alisha Thapa ’24 MPH"/></image><image-caption>Pavani Rangachari, Ph.D., and Alisha Thapa ’24 MPH</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-health-sciences</tag><tag>name-pavani-rangachari</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-healthcare-administration</tag><tag>program-grad-public-health</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>