Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.
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Addressing racial and ethnic health gaps is becoming even more important as the US population continues its shift toward a minority-majority nation.
Boosting the number of female inventors isn’t just a matter of fairness. Inventions by men are more likely to ignore women’s needs.
Major league baseball opens today, and few are likely to give race a thought. When Jackie Robinson integrated MLB in 1947, it was a far different story. Did racism lead to Robinson’s early death?
Pluralism — the active process of inclusion — could reduce disparities in some of the most pressing health issues of our time.
Blacks are dying at higher rates from COVID than whites, showing yet another example of gaps in outcomes between blacks and other groups. The cause is more sociological than biological.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Epidemiology, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
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Adjunct assistant professor, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Assistant Project Scientist, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, Hollins University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning and Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
