Get Healthy Harlem

Two-time cancer survivor, Wilhelmina Obatola Grant, received recognition for bringing cancer awareness through art in the Daily News yesterday! The art piece that she created to represent African American women that are killed by disease is bringing attention to the health needs of the Harlem community.

Harlem Hospital has been going through a lot of challenges and changes lately that the Harlem community should know about.

Here is a letter that Dr. John Palmer, the Executive Director of Harlem Hospital, has written to the Harlem community upadating them on what's going on with Harlem Hospital.

Dr. Olajide Williams, MD, MS is a neurologist at Harlem Hospital. He is also the founder of the Hip-Hop Public Health Education Center, which uses hip-hop to teach people about health. Here Dr. Williams describes his Hip Hop H.E.A.L.S (Healthy Eating and Living in Schools) program that educates children about health at their schools.

Before heading of to law school in Chicago in the summer of 2024, Aleah Gathings, MPH, was the program manager for the Manhattan Smoke-Free Partnership, located at the East and Central Harlem District Public Health Office. The Manhattan Smoke-Free Partnership is part of the New York State Tobacco Control Program, which aims to make New York a smoke-free place. Here, Aleah tells us about her role while working in Harlem.

Sisters Stephanie Pope Caffey (head yoga instructor) and Jennifer Pope (operations manager) grew up in Harlem and opened Bikram Yoga East Harlem to introduce the Harlem community to Bikram yoga. In this article, they talk about how the studio is involved in the Harlem community.

As you may already know, getting too much sun is not good for you because it can cause skin cancer. However, spending some time in the sun is actually good for you because it helps your body make an important vitamin called Vitamin D!

In addition to being a neurologist at Harlem Hospital, the director of the Stroke Center at Harlem Hospital, and the founder of the Hip Hop Public Health Education Center, Dr. Olajide Williams, MD, MS is also an author. In this article he talks about his new book, Stroke Diaries.