<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/06-02/07-brooklyn-health-equity-index.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>06/02/2026 04:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Brooklyn Health Equity Index Expands Across Downstate</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate is expanding the implementation of the Brooklyn Health Equity Index (BKHI) this summer, strengthening efforts to better understand patient experiences and improve health equity across the communities we serve.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/06-02/_images/douglas-afable-collage.jpg" alt="Montgomery Douglas, M.D. and Aimee Afable, Ph.D., MPH"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/06-02/07-brooklyn-health-equity-index.xml</loc><categories/></item>