Health Equity Day

This annual department-wide event aims to raise awareness and encourage action around the systemic health disparities that exist across racial, ethnic, cultural, and social groups. The event also recognizes interventions and research across the department centered on health equity.

The Department of Medicine’s RYSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council hosted the 3^rd annual Health Equity Day on May 16, 2023. The virtual conference included poster presentations, a keynote address, and a narrative session. More than 180 members of the DOM and Emory community attended to share compelling new findings, facilitate scientific exchange, and identify opportunities for collaboration. The keynote address, “The Extreme Weather – Climate Gap” was delivered by Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program, University of Georgia. 

Click here to watch the keynote address, poster presentations, and narrative pre-event recordings on the DOM YouTube channel.

RYSE Outstanding Scientific Citation Award

• Zanthia Wiley, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease, Co-Presenter: Ketino Kobaidze MD, PhD, PSHIM, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Hospital Medicine)
  “Team Science: Advancing Women, and Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color on the Pathway of Conducting Clinical Research”

Community, Advocacy, and Policy Poster Category 

• Jacqueline Comiter, David Kulp, and Brendan Pulsifer
  “Ryan White Patient Eligibility Process Improvement at EUHM”

• Olivia Veira, Molly Lavaud, Tamia Ross, Oreoluwa  Olakunle, Greg Darville, and Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
  “Medical Student Perceptions, Attitudes, and Beliefs about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Advocacy Education in the Medical School Curriculum”

Education Poster Category

• Eudora Olsen and Maura George, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
  “ASPiRE Program: Novel residency-level education program to eliminate health disparities through Advocacy, Service, Policy, Research, and Education”

Research  Poster Category

• Marta Taye and Loren Krueger, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
  “Considerations for Hair Camouflage in Patients of Color with Alopecia”