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Health equity
Hopkins launches Center for Global Women's Health and Gender Equity
Published Feb 5, 2024
The new center will address key issues facing women's health
African American male patient during ultrasound thyroid gland examination at the clinic
Health equity
A fix for bias in medical imaging
Published Oct 10, 2023
Hopkins–led team finds a way to deliver clear pictures of anyone's internal anatomy, no matter their skin tone
Xavier Becerra
Health Policy Forum
JHU to host conversation with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
Published Dec 12, 2022
Becerra will join Nursing Dean Sarah Szanton on Dec. 15 to discuss nursing leadership, access to health care, health equity, and other topics
Conceptual illustration of a woman with clouds surrounding her face. Doctors and other people are holding up the clouds
A needed community ally
Published Spring 2022
For nearly a decade, the Johns Hopkins Centro SOL program has promoted equity in health and opportunity for the Latino population of Baltimore / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Tanjala Purnell, Casey Overby Taylor, and Roland Thorpe
Health equity
Bridging divides in AI, machine learning
Published Dec 21, 2021
A Johns Hopkins team will lead new effort bringing artificial intelligence, machine learning to health care in underrepresented communities
Automated handicap door opener
Q+A
COVID-19 poses unique challenges for people with disabilities
Published April 23, 2020
Americans with disabilities are largely left out of the U.S. coronavirus response, despite being uniquely affected by the disease, says epidemiologist and ophthalmologist Bonnielin Swenor
Lisa Cooper
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
Sherita Hill Golden (left) and Valerie Montgomery Rice
MLK Jr. Commemoration
Equity and empathy
Published Jan 17, 2020
Johns Hopkins celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Marc Morial and Phyllis Sharps
Race in America
Marc Morial on race and health equity
Published March 15, 2019
President of the National Urban League visits Hopkins as part of the JHU Forums on Race in America series
Daniel Polsky
Interdisciplinary scholar
Leading health economist Daniel Polsky named 40th BDP
Published March 12, 2019
Polsky, who has dedicated his career to exploring how health care is organized, managed, financed, and delivered, will hold joint appointments in the Bloomberg School and Carey School