Health Equity Headlines

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

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Protecting Our Planet

For this month's reflection, HPM Chair Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD, talks about the importance of using policy to address climate change, especially given the number of health inequities that extreme weather conditions would continue to exacerbate.

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Health Equity
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Student Spotlight: Glendedora Dolce

For graduate students who are passionate about putting research and policy recommendations into action, the Johns Hopkins Health Policy Institute (HPI) is an invaluable experience. Among the Spring 2024 HPI Fellows is Glendedora Dolce, now in her second year as a Health and Public Policy doctoral student. Glendora's research aims to prevent injuries, illnesses, and health disparities as it pertains to child passenger safety.

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Health Policy
Injury Prevention
Child and Adolescent 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

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

Lisa A. 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

Tanjala S. 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

Darrell J. 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.

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