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
Denise Dillard
Denise Dillard led community-engaged research on behavioral health, chronic disease, and trauma among Alaska Native and American Indian populations
Alyson Shirley
Alyson Shirley advanced Indigenous health by providing mobile HIV/STI testing, education, and culturally responsive interventions
Kemi Doll
Kemi Doll improved diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy for Black women with endometrial cancer facing delayed care
Marcella Aslan
Marcella Alsan researched medical mistrust, showing racially concordant physicians boost preventive care among Black men
Eraka Bath
Eraka Bath improved mental-health services and justice-system support for foster-care and juvenile-justice-involved youth from marginalized communities
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
Wizdom Powell
Wizdom Powell focused on reducing health inequities among African American men by examining how racism and masculinity norms impede help-seeking
Linda Villarosa
Linda Villarosa exposed racism’s role in health, highlighting systemic causes of Black health inequities nationwide.
Avonne Connor
Avonne Connor studied breast-cancer outcomes among African-American, Hispanic and underserved women and the factors that contribute to unequal outcomes
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
Barney Morris
Barney Morris championed prostate-cancer awareness and care equity, focusing on preventing late diagnoses among Black men
Vanessa Sheppard
Vanessa Sheppard improved treatment access, survivorship support, and clinical-trial participation for Black women with breast cancer
Lisa Cooper
Lisa Cooper pioneered interventions improving doctor-patient communication and community engagement to reduce racial health inequities
Rhea Boyd
Rhea Boyd advanced equity by addressing police violence as a health issue and improving COVID-19 vaccine access for Black and Brown communities