<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/pavani-rangachari-health-equity-research.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>10/05/2026</pubDate><title>University of New Haven Researchers Advance Health Equity and Health-System Transformation</title><description>Research focused on health equity and health-system transformation has grown from a 2023 faculty-student project into a broad, collaborative body of scholarship involving students, faculty, health systems, and community partners.</description><hide-description/><author>Pavani Rangachari, Ph.D., CPH</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>October 5, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2026/rangachari-7.jpg" alt="Health professionals in the library"/></image><image-caption>Students from the Afghan Scholars program with Pavani Rangachari, Ph.D., CPH</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-health-sciences</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-doctor-of-health-sciences</tag><tag>program-grad-public-health</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>