Presented By: Public Engagement & Impact
Crucial Conversations: Health Disparities and Social Inequities
For nearly a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the United States. Black communities have found themselves disproportionately impacted by the virus and the unintended consequences of mitigation strategies.
This live discussion will bring together U-M experts and community members to engage in transparent and authentic dialogue on the realities of COVID-19, health disparities, and social inequities that Black communities face, and what can be done at U-M, and more broadly on a national scale, to address these issues.
Join via Zoom: myumi.ch/pdWgm
Watch Live: YouTube.com/UM
Moderator:
Dr. Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Urology
Interim Director, Services for Students with Disabilities
Director, Adaptive Sports & Fitness
Panelists:
Dr. Matthew Wixson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Associate Chair of Diversity, Department of Anesthesiology
Michigan Medicine
Dr. Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
School of Nursing
Kennedy Dubose
Community & Global Health Student, U-M School of Public Health ‘21
Arrice Bryant
MD/MPH Student, U-M Medical School ‘21
Michigan Medicine
This live discussion will bring together U-M experts and community members to engage in transparent and authentic dialogue on the realities of COVID-19, health disparities, and social inequities that Black communities face, and what can be done at U-M, and more broadly on a national scale, to address these issues.
Join via Zoom: myumi.ch/pdWgm
Watch Live: YouTube.com/UM
Moderator:
Dr. Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Urology
Interim Director, Services for Students with Disabilities
Director, Adaptive Sports & Fitness
Panelists:
Dr. Matthew Wixson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Associate Chair of Diversity, Department of Anesthesiology
Michigan Medicine
Dr. Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
School of Nursing
Kennedy Dubose
Community & Global Health Student, U-M School of Public Health ‘21
Arrice Bryant
MD/MPH Student, U-M Medical School ‘21
Michigan Medicine
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