Look Who’s Talking: What Do Health Equity and Racial Justice Mean to You?
On October 7th, the Brigham convened the 2020 Health Equity and Racial Justice Summit, a virtual forum that included panel discussions and workshops that addressing topics including policy, clinical innovation, community, research and employee equity. The summit kicked off with a video which included responses from the following speakers, answering the question, “What do health equity and racial justice mean to you?”
In order of appearance:
- Yilu Ma, MS, MA, CMI, director of Interpreter Services
- Barry Nelson, council member, Patient & Family Advisory Council
- Aliese Lash, LCSW, Youth Programs social worker
- RonAsia Rouse. education and college success coordinator, Center for Community Health and Health Equity
- Khanh Ngo, Student Success Jobs Program intern 2018
- Geoffrey Anderson, MD, MPH, associate surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care
- Tracy Sylven, MCHES, CHC, director, Community Health and Wellness (with outpatient and community liaison dietitian Allie Lang, RD, LDN, community health and wellness assistant Katie Plante and community health specialist Joe Tulip)
- Michelle Keenan, senior director, Health Equity and Social Innovation
- Valerie Stone, MD, MPH, vice chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Department of Medicine
- Ron Walls, MD, chief operating officer, Mass General Brigham
- Nakul Raykar MD, MPH, associate surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care
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