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Health Equity Headlines

 Explore the latest public health research and insights about health equity.

Faith leaders and community organizations play critical roles in enrolling Black and Latinx trial participants.

Public Health Magazine

Housing relocation programs aim to address health inequities linked to decades of discrimination.

Public Health Magazine

A new office aims to break down structural racism and inequities at the School and beyond.

Public Health Magazine

Deep-seated structural and systemic racism aren’t just obstacles to addressing Black women’s health issues—they are the health issue.

Public Health Magazine

Multiple factors including socioeconomic status and access to health care have combined to erode Black men’s health.

Public Health Magazine

Black Americans are more likely to live near pollution sources that set off a dangerous cascade of health problems.

Public Health Magazine

New collaborations will more than double the number of safe water access points.

Public Health Magazine

Health Equity Faculty Experts

 Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of health equity? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Keshia Pollack Porter
Professor
Health Policy and Management

Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD ’06, MPH, uses research to advance policies that promote health equity, especially where people live, work, play, and travel.

Lisa Cooper
Professor
Health, Behavior and Society

Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH '93, works to advance health equity with scholarship on racial disparities in patient-physician communication and community-informed interventions.

Tanjala Purnell
Associate Professor
Epidemiology

Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD '12, MPH, uses epidemiology and health services research to advance equity in transplantation and related conditions, including kidney diseases, hypertension, and diabetes.

Darrell Gaskin
Professor
Health Policy and Management

Darrell Gaskin, PhD '95, MS, is a health economist who advances community, neighborhood, and market-level policies and programs that reduce health disparities.