Lifesaving Suicide Prevention Resources Available for More Native American Communities
The tribal-academic collaboration builds on a program that reduced suicide attempts by 50% in the White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona.
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Health Equity Faculty Experts
Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of health equity? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Professor
Health Policy and Management
Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD ’06, MPH, uses research to advance policies that promote health equity, especially where people live, work, play, and travel.
Professor
Health, Behavior and Society
Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH '93, works to advance health equity with scholarship on racial disparities in patient-physician communication and community-informed interventions.
Associate Professor
Epidemiology
Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD '12, MPH, uses epidemiology and health services research to advance equity in transplantation and related conditions, including kidney diseases, hypertension, and diabetes.
Professor
Health Policy and Management
Darrell Gaskin, PhD '95, MS, is a health economist who advances community, neighborhood, and market-level policies and programs that reduce health disparities.