Health Equity

Mandi Pratt-Chapman, MA, associate center director of patient-centered initiatives and health equity at GW Cancer Center, spoke to LIVESTRONG for an article about what is being done in the current health care landscape to decrease health inequities for the LGBTQIA+ community.

The Rodham Institute and BlackDoctor.org hosted a summit on increasing diversity in the health professions and promoting health equity.

Malika Fair, MD, MPH, was recognized as one of the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum.

Ankoor Shah, MD, MBA, MPH, was recognized as a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health for his work on childhood asthma.

Congratulations to Maranda Ward, EdD '17, MPH, on being named among the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum for 2019.

Newton Kendig, MD, clinical professor of medicine, spoke to The New Yorker for an article about the jail health care crisis.

Robert W. Turner II, PhD, is the featured guest speaker at a NFL Alumni Association health and wellness event hosted at Morehouse College.

Members of the GW Cancer Center recently published several journal articles and patient-focused pieces highlighting the Center’s work in patient navigation and survivorship.

Congratulations to Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, visiting assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at SMHS, for being selected to serve on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Commission on Health Equity.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and La Clinica del Pueblo have partnered to launch Project ECHO in Washington, D.C. to increase workforce capacity to provide best practice specialty care and reduce health disparities.