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Health equity in 2021: What COVID-19 is teaching us and where we’re headed

University of Washington School of Public Health
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to lay bare the deep health inequities ingrained in our society. Inequitable policies in our health, criminal justice, education, housing and employment systems have created the conditions that allow the virus to harm communities of color disproportionately. In the first event of our Health Equity Lecture Series of 2020-21, a panel of public health experts discuss the legacy of discrimination reflected in health outcomes and the lessons we’ve learned from COVID-19 that can guide us toward building more equitable systems in the future. Panelists:  …...more
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Health equity in 2021: What COVID-19 is teaching us and where we’re headed
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2021Jan 22
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to lay bare the deep health inequities ingrained in our society. Inequitable policies in our health, criminal justice, education, housing and employment systems have created the conditions that allow the virus to harm communities of color disproportionately. In the first event of our Health Equity Lecture Series of 2020-21, a panel of public health experts discuss the legacy of discrimination reflected in health outcomes and the lessons we’ve learned from COVID-19 that can guide us toward building more equitable systems in the future. Panelists:
  • Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
  • Anjum Hajat, MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, UW School of Public Health
  • Maayan Simckes, MPH, PhD, Behavioral Health Epidemiologist, Office of the State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health
Moderator:
  • Anne Massey, MPH, PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, UW School of Public Health

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University of Washington School of Public Health

1.52K subscribers