Black mothers are more likely than other mothers to die within a year of giving birth
Black and Hispanic Americans face the highest dementia risk in the United States
Native Americans and Alaska Natives Have the Shortest Life Expectancy in the United States
David Williams
Focuses on impacts of daily discrimination, which contribute to poor health
Lisa Cooper
Lisa Cooper pioneered interventions improving doctor-patient communication and community engagement to reduce racial health inequities
Lauren McCullough
Lauren McCullough studied how obesity and neighborhood deprivation drive breast-cancer outcome disparities among underserved populations
Denise Dillard
Denise Dillard led community-engaged research on behavioral health, chronic disease, and trauma among Alaska Native and American Indian populations
Barney Morris
Barney Morris championed prostate-cancer awareness and care equity, focusing on preventing late diagnoses among Black men
Black Women Have the Highest Breast Cancer Mortality Rate Among U.S.
Black men have the highest prostate cancer death rate in the United States
Asian female non-smokers face elevated lung cancer risk
Suicide Rates rising fastest among Black Americans, Native Americans and Alaska Natives
Black stroke patients receive fewer advanced treatments and face more delays than White patients
Black Americans have the highest colorectal cancer death rate in the United States.
Historic Redlining Still Drives Poorer Health Outcomes and Higher Disease Risk in Affected Neighborhoods
Nadine Burke Harris
Nadine Burke Harris tackled childhood trauma and toxic stress, highlighting disproportionate impacts on Black and low-income children
Tesa Anewishki
Tesa Anewishki leads a West Side safety-net hospital where she combats diabetes, food insecurity and access issues for Black and Brown patients
Eliseo Pérez-Stable
Eliseo Pérez-Stable improved tobacco-cessation and chronic-disease outcomes among Latino communities and other underserved groups
Joseph Mikhael
Joseph Mikhael advanced equity in blood-cancer care by targeting dramatic outcome and treatment disparities in multiple myeloma among Black and Latino patients
Mary Bassett
Mary T. Bassett centered her work on structural racism’s impact on Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities’ health outcomes
American Indian/Alaska Native People Have the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rate in the U.S.
Black women experience the highest death rate from endometrial cancer in the U.S.
American Indian/Alaska Native people have the highest rate of type 2 diabetes in the U.S.
Black Americans have the highest hypertension rates in the United States
Black and American Indian/Alaska Native adults have the highest obesity rates in the United States.
John Ayanian
John Z. Ayanian worked to uncover and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare quality and outcomes, particularly among Black versus White patients
John Carpten
John D. Carpten investigated cancer genomics to explain higher rate and mortality from prostate cancer among Black men and other underserved populations
Kemi Doll
Kemi Doll improved diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy for Black women with endometrial cancer facing delayed care
David Williams
Focuses on impacts of daily discrimination, which contribute to poor health
J.C. Abdul-Mutakabbir
J.C. Abdul-Mutakabbir led vaccine equity efforts among Black and Hispanic communities, specifically combating COVID-19 vaccine inequity