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How Race-Based Medicine Continues to Harm Black Patients

Dr. Stephen Richmond writes about the pitfalls of race-based medicine as well as closing the racial equity gap in this powerful op-ed.

Ryan HuertoFebruary 1, 2020race, racism, health equity, health justice

Why black doctors like me are leaving faculty positions in academic medical centers

In this timely op-ed by Melanin in Medicine profile contributor Dr. Uché Blackstock, Dr. Blackstock describes her difficult decision to leave academic medicine and what academic institutions must do in order to pursue health-equity.

Ryan HuertoFebruary 1, 2020health equity, health justice, workforce diversity, academia

The Case for Desegregation

In this op-ed, Melanin in Medicine profile contributor Dr. Rhea Boyd makes a powerful argument for desegregation of the healthcare system.

Ryan HuertoFebruary 1, 2020workforce diversity, health equity, health justice, desegregation

Ghosts of Our Collective Subconscious — What Blackface in a Yearbook Photo Means for Medical Education

Ryan HuertoAugust 11, 2019medical education, implicit bias, racism, anti-racism, health equity, medicine, healthcare

"Re-imagining Medicine and Public Health": The Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine and Health Justice

Congratulations to Melanin in Medicine contributor Bernadette Lim and her colleague Nicole Carvajal for being featured on the front page of the University of Berkeley’s Center for Race and Gender Studies website for their work in founding “The Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine and Health Justice.”

Ryan HuertoNovember 12, 2018women in medicine, intersectionality, health justice, health equity, medical education