40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Dr. Tshibambe Nathanael Tshimbombu
TNT is a certified human rights consultant who is dedicated to global health. He has established a philanthropic and medical enterprise serving people in need—Bonsomi (www.bonsomi.org). Through Bonsomi, TNT has leveraged philanthropy to help over 50,000 underserved African individuals, mainly women and children, receive medical care at no cost.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Dr. Dieuwertje Kast
ieuwertje “DJ” Kast, Ed.D., is the Director of STEM Education Programs for the University of Southern California’s (USC) Joint Educational Project, which includes managing the Medical STEM Program.
40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Awards: Devin Madden
Devin Madden is the Associate Director of Gender Equity in the Office of Gender Equity in Science and Medicine, also working in the Institute for Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Health Literacy: The Festival Approach to Trustworthy Health Communication
Public health institutions treat health literacy like a set of skills. But a community-centered approach can help us build long-term resilience and advance health equity.
Arts & Social Change: What can public health professionals learn from artists?
Artists have a lot to teach public health professionals about the transformative power of arts beyond acting as a hook for health communication.
Victor Ekuta – Race Against the Machine: Leveraging Inclusive Technology as an Antiracist Tool for Brain Health
Victor Ekuta Race Against the Machine: Leveraging Inclusive Technology as an Antiracist Tool for Brain Health “Zeros and ones, if we are not careful, could deepen the divides between haves and have-nots, between the deserving and the undeserving – rusty value judgments embedded in shiny new systems.” Ruha Benjamin, Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for […]
Victor Ekuta – Harnessing Cultural Competency in Schizophrenia to Address Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health
Victor Ekuta Harnessing Cultural Competency in Schizophrenia to Address Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving […]
Victor Ekuta – Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology Part II
Victor Ekuta Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology Part II “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” Audre Lorde Research as a […]
Victor Ekuta – Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology
Victor Ekuta Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin Introduction This is a piece dedicated to justice for Breonna Taylor. The mural addresses the fact that racism is injected into […]
Yvette Efevbera -Unlocking Progress in Health: Leadership Matters – Reflections From My Conversation with Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation
Dr. Yvette Efevbera Unlocking Progress in Health: Leadership Matters – Reflections From My Conversation with Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation Recently, I had a unique opportunity to interview Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, as part of the Global Health Corps Leadership Academy series. A formidable […]