Health & Wellness

Health Equity: Strategic Approaches to Close the Health Gap

Invited Keynote Speaker(s)

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  Congresswoman Robin Kelly, PhD

  Chair
  CBC Health Braintrust

Invited Moderator(s)

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  Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MBA, MPH

  Senior Consultant
  Initium Health

Invited Panelist(s)

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  Dr. Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH

  Vice President, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer
  Massachusetts General Hospital
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  Dr. John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH

  President
  Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
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  Dr. Alden M. Landry, MD, MPH

  Assistant Dean, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
  Harvard Medical School
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  Ms. Cristal Thomas Gary, MPP

  Health Policy Expert, Strategist, and Principal
  Leavitt Partners
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  Mr. Wm. Jahmal Miller, MHA, DHL

  Director, Corporate Reputation & Thought Leadership
  Blue Shield of California
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  Ms. Anne-Marie Burton, MS

  Vice President, Programs
  Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

In 2002, the IOM published Unequal Treatment, documenting substantial racial and ethnic disparities in access to services, clinical care, and health outcomes. The inequities linger largely because remedies often focus only on reducing disparities in clinical care and not on the social determinants of individual and population health. A panel of experts will discuss strategic approaches for closing the health gap, including addressing the social determinants of health, two-tiers of health care, policy considerations, and priming the workforce pipeline of talented African Americans into the health professions field.