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Orlando Velazco is the Director of the Office of Health Equity at the Connecticut Department of Public Health. He also is a Board Member of the Hartford Health Initiative, Inc.; a community-based organization dedicated to improving health outcomes for residents of Hartford’s Northend through programming and community engagement; and has served as a Capitol Region Medical Reserve Corps volunteer since 2016. Current projects include working on updates to the State Health Improvement Plan with a wide spectrum of Coalition partners, providing equity context for recommendations to the Governor’s Council on Climate Change, and providing leadership to the LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network as they engage in a statewide analysis of barriers and needs for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Mr. Velazco has committed his life to working in public health service and research, working for over 10 years in regional and national HIV/AIDS and substance abuse community-based research projects at the Institute for Community Research in Hartford, CT; Temple University in Philadelphia and Emory University in Atlanta. Prior to his service with the state, Mr. Velazco served as an Epidemiologist for the City of Hartford from 2012 through 2018.
Session
Equitable Data Collection to Promote Health Equity
November 9 from 1:00-2:00pm