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Dr. Bram P. Wispelwey: Championing Health Equity Around the Globe
In 2015, Dr. Bram P. Wispelwey worked with Dr. Michelle Morse and other colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, who found that...
New ‘Rise to Health’ Coalition Emerges to Advance Racial Justice in Health Care
Health care and equity advocates have launched a new coalition, Rise to Health: A National Coalition for Equity in Health Care, created to bring...
Race-Based Equations Delayed Black Patients From Getting Onto Kidney Transplant Lists—An Unprecedented New Policy Seeks to Undo the Damage
Dr. Michelle Morse, a National Leader in the Fight for Health Equity, Seeks to Jettison Racism from Medicine and Patient Care
A native of West Philadelphia, Dr. Michelle E. Morse is an accomplished innovator of health policy, practices and procedures that target structural...
Benjamin Perkins: Enduring the pain from health inequities, while striving to create a better health environment for others
BOSTON, MA - Benjamin Perkins recalls his father taking a stress test and collapsing on a treadmill in Los Angeles in 1995. His dad, also Benjamin,...
Study in JAMA Network Open Links Racial Wealth Gap to Health Inequities
BOSTON, MA - For years, public policy makers have recognized that, on average, Black Americans have significantly less wealth than White Americans...
Cass Georges Finds Her Way Coordinating Community-Hospital Engagement
BOSTON, MA – At Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, Cassandra “Cass” Georges, a 26-year-old UMass Amherst graduate, plays an instrumental...
Dr. Manisha Sharma is Making a Difference
The electric Dr. Manisha Sharma is a family medicine physician working at the juncture of patient care, community health, social justice, health...