Politics & Policy

(Part 2) Antiracism as Health Policy: Race, COVID-19, and Policy Reform

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Apr 6, 2021

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

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Part 2: Connecting research and policy

This three-part series will examine the racial disparities in health brought vividly to public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second panel will focus on linking research to policy.

Cohosted with the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research and the Rockefeller Foundation-Boston University 3-D Commission.

Part 1: Monday, April 5, 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Part 2: Tuesday, April 6, 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Part 3: Wednesday, April 7, 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Videos

Agenda

4:30 - 4:35 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Presentations From:

Sandro Galea Dean, Boston University School of Public Health
Robert A Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
4:35 - 5:00 p.m.

Keynote Lecture

Presentations From:

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley U.S. House of Representatives, MA-07
5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Panel Presentations

Presentations From:

Samatha Artiga Vice President, Director, Disparities Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health
Patricia Williams University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, Northeastern University School of Law
5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Moderated Discussion

Laura Magaña, Moderator. President and CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

Speakers

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

(KEYNOTE LECTURE) U.S. House of Representatives, MA-07

Samatha Artiga

Samatha Artiga

@SArtiga2

Vice President, Director, Disparities Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

@NIMHD

Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health

Patricia Williams

Patricia Williams

@NUSL

University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, Northeastern University School of Law

Laura Magaña
MODERATOR

Laura Magaña

@LauraMagVall

President and CEO, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

Sandro Galea

Sandro Galea

@sandrogalea

(HOST) Dean and Robert A Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi

@DrIbram

(HOST) Director and Founder, Center for Antiracist Research, Boston University