The Department of Medicine’s RYSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council hosted the inaugural Health Equity Day May 11, 2021. The department-wide event aimed to raise awareness and encourage action around the systemic health disparities that exist across racial, ethnic, cultural, and social groups. The event also recognized interventions and research across the department centered on health equity.
The virtual conference included poster presentations, a case competition, a keynote address, and a narrative pre-event. More than 270 members of the DOM and Emory community attended to share compelling new findings, facilitate scientific exchange, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
This year’s keynote address was titled, “Why are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?” and was delivered by Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
A total of 70 members of the Emory community submitted abstracts for consideration. Congratulations to this year’s Health Equity poster presentation and award winners!
Case Competition Winners
- Sanjana Apte, MD; Henssey Ngo, MD; and Bonnie Stedge, MD: “Combatting Social Death in Detainees”
RYSE Outstanding Scientific Citation Award
- Ahmed Babiker, MD: “Effectiveness of adjunctive clindamycin in beta-lactam antibiotic-treated patients with invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections in US hospitals; a retrospective multicenter cohort study (Lancet Infect Dis 2020)”
Clinical Quality Poster Category
- Tamara Haynes, MD: “Outcomes of a Med-Psych Co-Management Clinic in an Urban Academic Safety-Net Primary Care Center”
Community, Policy, and Advocacy Poster Category
- Jenny Han, MD: “Establishing a Centralized, Multidisciplinary Post-COVID Clinic in a High-risk, Underserved Population”
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professional Development Poster Category
- Jada Bussey-Jones, MD: “Shattering the glass ceiling: An Innovative Approach to Career Development of Diverse Faculty”
Education Poster Category
- Eudora Olsen (Medical Student): “Leveraging Medical Student Strengths for Community Outreach: Virtual COVID-19 Education for Underrepresented High School Youth”
Research Poster Category
- Gaea Daniel, RN, PhD: “Associations between Menstrual Hygiene Product Use and Vaginal pH levels in Black Women”
Special thanks to John-Otis Blanding and the RYSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council for organizing this event! The RYSE leadership team would also like to thank all faculty, staff, and trainee volunteers for their assistance in both the planning and execution of this new departmental initiative.
“I am thrilled that the department’s first Health Equity Day was so well-received,” said Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. “It was an important way to bring awareness to the issue of health equity, and attention to – and recognition for – the incredible work of our colleagues across the department.”
“Thanks to all for making support a verb in all that we do,” said Kimberly Manning, MD, associate vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Click here to watch all of the poster presentations on the DOM YouTube channel. The keynote address and narrative pre-event recordings will also be available soon.
Want more RYSE? Register for our DOM LGBTQ+ Affinity Group working session on Trans Support and Visibility Tuesday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m.
(L-R) David S. Stephens, MD, department chair, and Jada Bussey-Jones, MD, deliver opening remarks; Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, delivers keynote presentation; Kimberly Manning, MD, shares anecdote; Tracey Henry, MD, delivers featured presentation
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