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#  Leveraging Data for Healthier Neighborhoods with Kate Robb 

 





Episode Fifty-Nine



 

June 10, 2024

 

 

 [ Betsy Gardner ](/betsy-gardner) 

In this episode, host Stephen Goldsmith interviews Kate Robb, discussing her groundbreaking research on how city governments can use data to improve public health. By examining the intersection of housing conditions and health outcomes, Robb shares her work in Chelsea, MA ([Substandard Housing and the Risk of COVID-19](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827324000296?via=ihub)), and Buffalo, NY ([Tackling Persistent, Boundary-Spanning Problems Through Collaborative Innovation](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00953997241241045?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.2)), demonstrating the power of innovative housing inspections, social service referrals, and collaborative city programs like Clean Sweep.

This conversation provides [actionable insights for city leaders](https://www.cityleadership.harvard.edu/resources/collection/improving-housing-and-health/) on using data to create healthier, safer neighborhoods - and to become [more than the sum of the parts](https://cityleadership.harvard.edu/resources/more-than-the-sum-of-the-parts-integrating-housing-inspections-and-social-services-to-improve-community-health/?_gl=1*1yll3pf*_ga*MTQ2NDUxNzg5NC4xNzE1Nzg1NjEy*_ga_FVJT3QBDZM*MTcxNzc4NTcxMy4yLjEuMTcxNzc4NjAwMS42MC4wLjA.). Clean Sweep video mentioned in podcast: [CleanSweepYIR2022.mp4 on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/799564155/14d7dc9795)

Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts, to learn more. [Transcript available here](https://data-smart-city-pod.simplecast.com/episodes/leveraging-data-healthier-neighborhoods-kate-robb/transcript).

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##  About the Author 

### Betsy Gardner

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Betsy Gardner is the editor of Data-Smart City Solutions and the producer of the Data-Smart City Pod. Prior to this, Betsy worked in a variety of roles in higher education, focusing on deconstructing racial and gender inequality through research, writing, and facilitation. She also researched government spending and transparency at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Betsy holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Policy from Northeastern University, a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Boston University, and a graduate certificate in Digital Storytelling from the Harvard Extension School.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Health & Human Services ](/topics/health-human-services)
- [ Housing ](/topics/housing)
- [ Public Health ](/topics/public-health)
 
 

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