9. North Hartford’s Urban Ecology and Wellness Center at Keney Park

The Urban Ecology and Wellness Center is launching in the North End of Hartford with the goal of combining both wellness and urban ecology services in order to reconnect people with the healing power of nature. Environment has been recognized as a huge social determinant of health, as people are greatly influenced by the neighborhood in which they live. Improving the health of the neighborhood may in turn improve the health of residents. In this episode we have UConn School of Nursing student Nicey Brooks and UConn School of Dental Medicine student Tyler Hailey interviewing Herb Virgo (Founder and Executive Director of the Keney Park Sustainability Project) and Dr. Bruce E. Gould, MD (Founding Director of CT AHEC, former Associate Dean for Primary Care at the UConn School of Medicine and primary care internist dedicating nearly 3 decades to serving the North End of Hartford as medical director of the Burgdorf Health Center).