NJPAC invites you to attend Healing the Divide: Race, Medicine, and the Covid-19 Vaccine, a conversation at 7PM on Monday, April 5, with medical experts examining the history of racial discrimination in health care, and how the shadow of medical apartheid will impact the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
From the Tuskegee experiments of the 20th century to the multiple barriers to appropriate care Black people still encounter today, this panel will discuss the origins of the deep mistrust of the medical establishment felt by many in communities of color, and how that lack of trust might be mitigated in order to equitably distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.
Be a part of this insightful talk, which will be moderated by Dr. Denise Anderson, founder and CEO of Denise Anderson & Associates, an independent public health and health care consultancy business, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Department of Health’s Maternal Care Quality Collaborative, and Principal of the COVID Rapid Mobile Response Team at the New Jersey Department of Health.
Panelists taking part in the discussion will include:
Dr. Iris L. Davis, a board-certified internist who is trained in functional medicine, and a registered medical acupuncturist. Dr. Davis has worked at New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, New York Medical College, and University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is herself a long-term survivor of multiple autoimmune illnesses.
Dr. Shereef Elnahal, the President and Chief Executive Officer of University Hospital in Newark, a Level I trauma center, the principal academic medical center for Rutgers NJ Medical School. Prior to his time at University Hospital, Dr. Elnahal served as New Jersey’s Health Commissioner.
Dr. Perry N. Halkitis, Dean and Professor of Biostatistics and Urban-Global Public Health at the Rutgers School of Public Health. He is also the founder and director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies (CHIBPS).
