Midwestern University has launched the Advancing Health Equity Webinar Series offering timely discussions and featuring real-world situations, best practices, and steps healthcare providers can use to recognize and address bias and healthcare disparities to provide equitable, compassionate care that considers the unique backgrounds and lived experiences of each patient. These one-hour webinars are constructed to assess and discuss an advanced approach to understanding social determinants of health, and how to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the healthcare setting.
Previous Webinars
| Topic | Webinar Presenters and Details |
|---|---|
| Implicit Racial Bias in Healthcare | September 2022 Arghavan Salles, M.D., Ph.D. Special Advisor for DEI Programs, Stanford University Department of Medicine; Senior Research Scholar, Clayman Institute for Gender Research |
| Health Equity and Racial Justice | October 2022 Aletha Maybank, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President, American Medical Association |
| Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare Disparities | November 2022 Nathan Delafield, M.D. Internal Medicine Physician, Mayo Clinic |
| What Happens in Childhood Doesn’t Stay in Childhood | December 2022 Felicia Trembath, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health Program, Midwestern University |
| Institutional and Structural Racism | January 2023 Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D. Dean, New York University School of Global Public Health |
| HIGH GROUND: Alignment of Population Health And Health Care System Economics | February 2023 Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., FACOFP Immediate Past President, American Osteopathic Foundation President, Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State University (proposed) |