Letter: This election, health is on the ballot
This election, healthcare is a critical issue. Learn why your vote matters for the future of public health and access to care in this letter discussing the impact of policy decisions on our well-being.
Drawn to Care: Introducing Dr. Margaret Safo
Given the enormous impact that access to quality care provides, one of Dr. Safo’s most powerful tools is her conscientious effort to treat everyone who comes to her with respect and love.
Black Maternal Health and HIV/AIDS: Advocacy Lessons Across Movements
The state of Black maternal health in the United States is dire—and has been for centuries. Despite incredible gains in civil rights, Black women are still three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. In some places, like New York City, this number is as high as nine times.
Indomitable: Introducing Juan Michael Porter II
“Living with HIV is sort of an insult because we have everything we need to eliminate this virus. If I can acquire HIV, then anyone can. And it’s best when I say that out loud.” A natural and trained speaker, Juan Michael proudly uses his potent and studied skillset to spread information and education.
Monkeypox Exposed a Big Crack in Public Health: To Heal It, Look to Primary Care
A shortage of vaccines.
Confusing messages about who is at risk.
Challenges accessing diagnostic testing and appropriate treatments.
The public health response to monkeypox looks too much like our nation’s incomplete and inequitable response to COVID-19.
Health Equity Requires Civic Engagement: A Call to Action
In a time when little feels apolitical, most would agree that every person has a right to achieve optimal health. One pathway to achieve improved health for all is by centering equity in health care delivery.
What’s in a Name? Combating Monkeypox Stigma and Inaction
Monkeypox, a serious but usually non-fatal disease that can cause flu-like symptoms and painful lesions, stems from a virus similar to smallpox that spreads through close physical contact. Contrary to its name, the virus’s natural reservoir is not thought to be primates — rather, the zoonotic disease tends to be carried by rodents, which can then pass the virus to human hosts.
Student Activism and Leadership: Introducing Dr LaShyra “Lash” Nolan
I want to create an environment of care that they may not have in other parts of their lives. Particularly for Black women, I want my clinical climate to be one where they feel like they don’t have to carry the burden of the world on their shoulders and be strong. I want my patients to enter as themselves.
Reimagining Substance Use Care with 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
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.