Police Brutality and COVID-19

06/04/20 • 61 min

Police brutality, racism and COVID-19 have uniquely, and detrimentally, impacted the health of Black communities. In the June 4, 2020 installment of our Prioritizing Equity series, health equity leaders discuss how physicians and others can address root causes of inequity by naming racism.

Panel:

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician and child health advocate at Palo Alto Medical Foundation and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Edwin G. Lindo, JD, lecturer, Department of Family Medicine at University of Washington and associate director critical teach and equity at Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education
Rupa Marya, MD, associate professor of medicine at UCSF and faculty director of the Do No Harm Coalition, an organization of over 450 health workers committed to structural change to address health problems
Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD, FASCP, chief medical examiner of the Nation’s Capital
Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Perelman School of Medicine and board-certified general internist at the University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center

Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, chief health equity officer, group vice president, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association

Originally aired: June 4th, 2020

The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct

Panel:

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, pediatrician and child health advocate at Palo Alto Medical Foundation and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Edwin G. Lindo, JD, lecturer, Department of Family Medicine at University of Washington and associate director critical teach and equity at Center for Leadership and Innovation in Medical Education
Rupa Marya, MD, associate professor of medicine at UCSF and faculty director of the Do No Harm Coalition, an organization of over 450 health workers committed to structural change to address health problems
Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD, FASCP, chief medical examiner of the Nation’s Capital
Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Perelman School of Medicine and board-certified general internist at the University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Medical Center

Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, chief health equity officer, group vice president, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association

Originally aired: June 4th, 2020

The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct

Previous Episode

The Root Cause

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity.

In the May 28, 2020, Prioritizing Equity webinar, Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, chief health equity officer at the AMA, speaks with a panel of health equity advocates and trailblazers on their work to address the root causes of health inequity and the social determinants of health.

Panel:

Zinzi Bailey, ScD, MSPH—Assistant scientist, Jay Weiss Institute for Health Equity, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; managing director, Health Equity Research Solutions, LLC
Joia Crear-Perry, MD—President, National Birth Equity Collaborative
Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD—2019-2020 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD—Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society, Director, Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, Professor of Psychiatry
Whitney Pirtle, PhD—Assistant professor of sociology associated faculty critical race and ethnic studies University of California Merced
Brian Smedley, PhD—Chief of psychology in the Public Interest Directorate, American Psychological Association

Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH—Chief health equity officer, senior vice president, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association

Originally aired: May 28th, 2020

The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct

Next Episode

The Root Cause and Considerations for Health Care Professionals

Earn CME credit for listening to this episode of Prioritizing Equity.

In the June 11, 2020, installment of our YouTube Prioritizing Equity series, join practicing physicians and leaders in health care as they share how they are addressing root causes of inequity during COVID-19 and beyond—by centering equity in their workspaces and dismantling racist policies and practices.

Panel:

David A. Ansell, MD, MPH–Associate provost for community affairs, Rush University; the Michael E. Kelly, MD, presidential professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College; senior vice president for community health equity, Rush University Medical Center
Kamini Doobay, MD, MS–Emergency medicine resident physician at NYU Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital; organizer/founder, NYC Coalition to Dismantle Racism in the Health System
Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH–Assistant professor of emergency medicine at Boston University School of Medicine; works clinically in the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center
Michael Mensah, MD, MPH–Chief resident at UCLA Health and APA resident fellow member trustee
LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, MD candidate–Second-year medical student at Harvard Medical School, serving as the first documented black women student council president at Harvard Medical School
Brian Williams, MD–Associate professor of trauma and acute care surgery at the University of Chicago

Moderator: AMA Chief Health Equity Officer Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH

Originally aired: June 11th, 2020

The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct