Join Us at our annual fundraising gala and Research Symposium!
Join us on April 18, 2026 from 5-9PM in the Great Hall of the Duke School of Medicine for our annual Root Causes Fundraising Gala and Research, Cultivating Change: Advancing Health Equity Beyond the Clinic. Click the button below for more information, including ticket and sponsorship options and updates from our Gala and Research Symposium Team. We hope to see you there!
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our mission
Root Causes is an incubator for students interested in innovative social drivers of health interventions through service, advocacy, education and research. We organize around creating clinic-community partnerships to reduce barriers impacting access to healthy foods, housing, and environments, as well as providing support for voter registration and safe exercise participation.
Our goal is to build opportunities for students to tangibly interact with social drivers of health, and create an interdisciplinary network alliance to find solutions to pressing needs in our community.
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