Police Brutality and COVID-19

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

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