Equity Through Innovation
We believe everyone deserves high-quality care and services, regardless of background. Equity drives our programs, advocacy, research, and training. Our team addresses complex public health challenges in Rhode Island and beyond, building trust and achieving significant impacts for the diverse communities we serve.
Equity Through Innovation
We believe everyone deserves high-quality care and services, regardless of background. Equity drives our programs, advocacy, research, and training. Our team addresses complex public health challenges in Rhode Island and beyond, building trust and achieving significant impacts for the diverse communities we serve.
Accelerating Public Health Solutions
Discover how our expanding suite of direct service programs leverages science with action to tackle food insecurity, primary care, behavioral health, sexual health and more, driving positive change for underserved communities.
Advocating for innovative food policy changes that make Rhode Island healthier.
A year-round mobile market making fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible and affordable for Rhode Islanders who receive SNAP.
Collaborating with faith-based institutions to end the HIV epidemic in the deep South.
Bringing safety net clinics together to support our most vulnerable residents.
Rhode Island’s first and only LGBTQ+ primary care and sexual health clinic.
Behavioral health program that offers short and long term therapy, starting at your primary care visit.
From Advocacy to Action: We Get Results
As passionate, trusted public health experts, we strive to formulate and execute bold, innovative solutions to big, complex public health problems. Backed with evidence-based, scientific research, we’re breaking barriers with groundbreaking programs and pioneering research – all while playing an active role in training and empowering the next generation of public health leaders.
From opening the state’s first and only LGBTQ+ clinic, to leading Rhode Island’s MPOX response, to reducing hunger among SNAP recipients, to spearheading advocacy campaigns that have resulted in major policy changes on a statewide level, our work to date has built stronger, more equitable, healthier communities. And we know there’s plenty of work still left to do in creating a healthier, more resilient Rhode Island.
Simply put, we take on the nation’s most pressing public health needs, and deliver high-impact results.
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Together, we can build stronger, healthier communities. You can donate to fuel community health work, volunteer your time, or lend your voice to a cause that matters to you.
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When you support the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, you’re helping create a ripple effect that transforms lives in the neighborhoods where we work, live, and play. Your generosity helps deliver fresh produce to those who need it most, makes healthy food affordable, provides health care for vulnerable Rhode Islanders, supports the LGBTQ+ community, fuels cutting-edge research, and trains tomorrow’s public health leaders. Join us in making a lasting impact!
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Looking for a meaningful career? The Rhode Island Public Health Institute offers exciting job opportunities where you can be part of a team that makes a real difference in community health. Join our team to work on impactful projects, collaborate with experts, and help shape a healthier future. Explore our open positions today!
Training & LearningTraining & Learning
RIPHI’s hands-on training programs have empowered over 500 healthcare professionals with the skills needed to address today’s most pressing public health challenges. We provide practical, immersive training for physicians, nurses, and public health students. By focusing on training students from the health professions in real-world clinical and community settings, we ensure the next generation of clinicians and public health leaders are equipped to lead with expertise and empathy.
Community InvolvementCommunity Involvement
RIPHI proudly serves tens of thousands of individuals in Rhode Island, addressing crucial public health needs through many diverse service programs. Our Food on the Move program combats food insecurity with a 50% discount on produce for SNAP recipients, improving access to fresh food in underserved areas. The Eat Well Be Well program provides a similar discount to 140,000 SNAP recipients who shop in grocery stores statewide. Open Door Health, Rhode Island’s only LGBTQ+ clinic, provides essential care to 9,000 patients, including many LGBTQ+ persons, Hispanic populations, other people of color and many others who share our commitment to social justice.
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Our advocacy efforts have led to transformative policy changes in Rhode Island and beyond. Notably, our Nourish RI campaign secured $11.5 million for a statewide SNAP incentive program, benefiting 140,000 Rhode Islanders who use SNAP. We also played a pivotal role in enhancing HIV prevention and treatment policies, including the recent law mandating insurance coverage for HIV prevention medications, with no copayments and no deductibles. We’ve also provided the scientific evidence base for HIV prevention and care programs involving Black clergy in the Deep South, and that work, along with our HIV prevention and care services in Rhode Island, has informed national HIV policy.
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With over $20 million in research funding, RIPHI’s research and service work related to food insecurity, HIV prevention and care, behavioral health, active living, and the COVID-19 response has shaped health policies and practices. Our research continues to drive progress in mental health, addiction treatment, and culturally tailored medical services. These innovations have buttressed our deep commitments to advancing health equity with innovative solutions to the nation’s most pressing public health challenges.
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Join us in making a real difference! At the Rhode Island Public Health Institute, we believe that creating healthier communities starts with passionate individuals like you. Whether it’s supporting our innovative health programs, helping at community events, or advocating for change, your time and energy can transform lives. Together, we can erase health disparities, uplift our neighbors, and build a healthier Rhode Island.
