Health Equity
Health Equity in Tennessee: Opportunities to Increase Access to Care
Join Dr. Andrea Willis, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Keshia Pollack Porter, Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, as they discuss this report and the implications it has for healthcare in Tennessee and elsewhere.
Original air date: June 7, 2023
Increasing Access to Healthcare in Maryland
Join us for a conversation on how the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange works with communities and businesses across the state to ensure residents are informed about their healthcare options and minimizes confusion or hurdles to obtaining coverage.
Original air date: May 9, 2023
Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ+ Relationships: Impacts on Mental and Physical Health
Join us to learn more about this topic through an intersectional lens and gain tools for addressing the impacts of IPV in your own communities.
Original air date: April 6, 2023
Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth: Overcoming Roadblocks to Care
Join Will Cole of The Trevor Project and Iya Dammons of Baltimore Safe Haven for a conversation on the needs of transgender youth and how the current political and social climate impacts the mental and physical health of this community.
Original air date: March 8, 2023
ARISE-ing to Advance Health Equity in Illinois
Join us for a conversation on how the Illinois Department of Public Health leveraged their participation in the 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative in the context of COVID to transform from the inside as a state agency and to scale this approach to communities to lay the groundwork for Community Empowerment Zones across the state.
Original air date: November 2, 2022
Breaking Barriers to Achieve Quality, Accessible Healthcare
Join Halle and Andre as they discuss what “working across boundaries” means, what it looks like, and what innovative companies are doing well.
Original air date: October 20, 2022
Neighborhood Vital Signs: Resources in Brooklyn and Curtis Bay
Join Robbyn Lewis, MPH, for a conversation on what is at stake in the Baltimore neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Curtis Bay, what needs the communities have identified, and what is possible for the health of these communities and neighborhoods when needs are met.
Original air date: August 11, 2022
Optometry's Role in Improving Population Health
Join Lori Grover, OD, PhD ’12 as she discusses the power of optometrists in public health and the importance of advocating for policies that promote comprehensive vision screening and remove inequities in access to eyecare.
Original air date: March 16, 2022
Increasing access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Baltimore
Join Shanna Dell, BSN, MPH '17, as she discusses how the Baltimore City Health Department is working to prevent the spread of HIV in Baltimore.
Original air date: February 8, 2022