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 Explore the latest public health research and insights about health equity.

In his first months on the job, Dr. Gawande traveled to Nigeria where USAID is working with local partners to accelerate COVID vaccination rates and ensure distribution of medications for neglected tropical diseases, as well as partnering with Gavi on routine childhood immunizations.

5 Global Health Takeaways from Atul Gawande

Global health, to Atul Gawande, is all about ensuring that everyone everywhere gets the care they need—and strong health systems are a key to the mission. The renowned surgery professor and author—and now USAID’s assistant administrator for Global Health—sat down for a fireside chat with  Dean Ellen J. MacKenzie on April 29 to talk through lessons from the pandemic, his goals, and his path to public health.  
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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.

Keshia Pollack Porter
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.

Lisa Cooper
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.

Tanjala Purnell
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.

Darrell Gaskin
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.