Just Equity for Health

Reimagining Substance Use Care with Dr. Kimberly Sue

Dr. Kimberly Sue

Dr. Kim Sue has dedicated much of her career to highlighting these womens’ stories, researching American social policy for managing national drug use, and illustrating the deleterious impacts of mass incarceration.

Community Cancer Care: Dr Kemi Doll’s Transformative Vision for Improved Cancer Outcomes

Dr. Kemi Doll

During the 6th century B.C., the lawmaker Solon laid the foundations for Athenian democracy by
I learned grant writing out of necessity because it was a challenge finding funding for the research projects that impassioned me. A learn-as-you-go process, a trial-and-error process, helped me learn the terminology and relationships that I needed to continue my mission. No one was going to hand the money or the skills to me.” Just Equity for Health Interviews Dr. Kemi Doll and how she thrives within academic medicine.

Pediatric Care Like You’ve Never Seen It Before: The Brilliant Vision of Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo

Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo

Many physicians are scared because they haven’t written a grant or learned the non-traditional ways to fund their practices and receive reimbursement! My company Melanin & Medicine highlights those educational and design gaps while returning the power to women healthcare practitioners. I want more black women running healthcare spaces and doing it on their own terms.” Just Equity for Health Interviews Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo and her transition from health practitioner to health entrepreneur.

Meet Dr. Alisha Liggett

Changing healthcare demands a reimagining of what a transformed healthcare delivery system looks like. Just Equity For Health is amplifying the lived experiences and expertise of individuals in medicine who are redefining how healthcare can be delivered, with a particular focus on equity. Through their careers, their current work, and their impact on the field, the leaders featured in these Profiles are at the forefront of a transformed and equitable healthcare system.

We Have A Stigma Problem

Stigma is one of the reasons millions of HIV-infected individuals did not get tested early on in that epidemic. Now, stigma is among the reasons we may not make our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The same fearmongering behind HIV stigmatization underpins the COVID-19 response, causing us to lose vital time in our public health efforts to contain a global pandemic that has already claimed the lives of over 607,000 Americans.

Introducing Just Equity for Health

Dr. Stella Safo

Just Equity For Health (JEH) imagines a healthcare system where equity is embedded into everything we do: into how future healthcare providers are trained, into how patients are empowered, and into how care models (the delivery systems that care for patients) are designed.