Anti-Racism in Health Focus: Discussing Race and Medicine

Anti-Racism in Health Focus: Discussing Race and Medicine

Continue the conversation about race & medicine following Dorothy Roberts’ lecture.

By Jefferson Humanities & Health

Date and time

Thursday, August 26, 2021 · 12 - 1pm EDT

Location

Dorrance H. Hamilton Building, Thomas Jefferson University

1001 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19107

About this event

Please note: These discussions will take place in-person, in the Hamilton Building on Jefferson's Center City campus. Participants will be randomly assigned to a small group and notified of the room number leading up to the event; lunch provided.

Continue the conversation about race and medicine following Professor Dorothy Roberts’ Berkowitz Humanism in Medicine lecture. Join a small-group discussion, facilitated by a Jefferson faculty member, to debrief with classmates about ways to integrate the history of race and medicine into both the present moment, and your future professional practice.

These discussions are open to all Jefferson students, faculty, and staff. Jefferson faculty facilitators:

  • Denine Crittendon, MPH, PhD(c), Instructor, Master of Public Health Program, Jefferson College of Population Health.
  • Bernard Lopez, MD, Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Thomas Jefferson University Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Engagement, Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
  • Dimitri Papanagnou, MD, Associate Dean, Faculty Development, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.

Students can receive credit towards the Asano Humanities & Health Certificate, as well as the Anti-Racism in Health Focus, by attending this event.

Questions? Contact Matilda Ostow, Humanities Program Coordinator, at Matilda.Ostow@jefferson.edu.

Featured image: Pier 14 by Zoe Wong, SKMC '23.

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