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Health disparities

Study: Low-income middle-aged African American women with hypertension are likely to suffer from depression

Published Feb 12, 2021

This population of women should be routinely screened and treated for depression, researchers conclude

Health disparities

Hidden in plain sight

Published Fall 2020

An ambitious project developed in partnership with Johns Hopkins aims to identify unique health challenges of Black men / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Health equity

The silver lining of COVID-19's dark clouds

Published Aug 25, 2020

Johns Hopkins expert in health disparities discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on the vulnerabilities of communities of color and the need to better protect everyone's health

Lisa Cooper to direct Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute

Published April 21, 2020

Cooper, who has devoted her career to addressing health disparities through her research and practice, shapes new vision for institute with focus on health equity for Baltimore's most vulnerable groups

Maternal health

Mother's death brings attention to racial health disparities

Published Feb 26, 2019

Bloomberg School alum Shalon Irving died in 2017 of complications from high blood pressure three weeks after giving birth

Interdisciplinary scholar

Cancer screening, prevention expert Otis Brawley joins faculty

Published Jan 23, 2019

JHU's 39th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor will lead research of cancer health disparities at the School of Public Health, Kimmel Cancer Center

Racial, economic factors contribute to differences in surgical care

Published Sept 20, 2017

Poor and minority patients receive less optimal pain management, are placed on enhanced recovery protocols later than wealthier, white counterparts / Hopkins Medicine