#health-equity

#health-equity

"Research has become an increasingly more important component of medical training, both as an avenue for career development and to showcase ground-breaking insights," said Kelly Bachta, MD, PhD, associate director of Feinberg student research, director of AOSC and assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases.

Dozens of changes were quietly made this year to the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, which was first released in 2022 after years of work by government officials and community stakeholders. An objective to "prioritize efforts to advance equity for unserved and underserved populations of caregivers" was removed entirely, as was a section noting that the challenges of family caregiving are not equally distributed.

"We are honored to share the name and event details of Cycle to Zero with our community, so many who have been supporters of SFAF, long-time participants of AIDS/LifeCycle, and champions for our HIV and LGBTQ communities," said Tyler TerMeer, Ph.D., CEO of SFAF. "As our systems of public health care and funding for HIV and LGBTQ+ services continue to come under attack, now is the time for our communities to come together to protect and prioritize the health care and services we need."

When thinking about large-scale cancer studies, one of the groups that have been left behind have been Black women," she says.

It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment that mental health awareness moved from private conversations in clinicians' offices into the cultural conversation. As people began to look up and pay attention, and acknowledged mental health as an important part of overall health, a familiar truth rose to the surface - mental health cannot be separated from issues of race and equity. I've been a journalist for 18 years.

"The asset of health is among the few, if not only, luxuries we enjoy in life. With access to better health and especially effective healthcare, we can manage life well and provide for ourselves, our families and our communities."

This includes mentorship, funding, and strong belief.

It begs the question, what does DEI mean to the issuers of this notice? Does it mean the term 'structural racism'? Does it mean 'Black Americans'? Does it mean that we can no longer do rigorous science to really understand why the devastating burden of health disparities exist in this country and around the globe?