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Dr. Tara Gustilo, Hennepin Healthcare Ob-Gyn doctor's Discrimination Lawsuit
Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH comments on her research of race-based birth disparities.
Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril
Clinical Ethicist, Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C discusses how hospital staff can respond to questions about their vaccination status.
Moral Distress and the Disability Paradox
Moral distress is a significant problem in health care. Its persistence among health care workers has carved away at the staffing numbers of hospitals. Nurses, physicians, and advanced practice providers all feel strapped - prevented from…
Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment
JP Leider, PhD pushes back on the success of political agendas to remove public health policies addressing health disparities based on race.
New Article: Using qualitative, community-based input to steer post–coronavirus disease 2019 pharmacy practice in substance use
Laura Palombi, PharmD, MPH, PAT, AE-C co-authors a new article.
Minneapolis African American civil rights leaders honored in ‘History Makers at Home’
The list includes Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, reproductive health equity researcher and associate professor in the division of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.
Webinar: Everything You Wanted to Know About Public Health Finance, Part Two
JP Leider, PhD serves as a panelist for this discussion on financial literacy for public health practitioners.
Blackface, ‘excited delirium’ revelations test Hennepin Healthcare’s anti-racism commitments
"... we’re gonna have to hit this and hit as hard as we can and get it done now." Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM, on accelerating social change and denouncing racism in healthcare.
Minnesota's 2021 death toll well above expected total despite vaccine
Public Health Policy researcher JP Leider, PhD, comments on the link between deaths and vaccination status, particularly among those under 65.
Hennepin County commissioner calls on hospital system to fire employee over two incidents showing 'deeply rooted' racism
Chief Equity Officer Nneka Sederstrom, PhD, MPH, MA, FCCP, FCCM comments on the issue.