Black mothers are more likely than other mothers to die within a year of giving birth
Hispanic and Black Americans face the highest dementia risk in the United States
Native Americans and Alaska Natives Have the Shortest Life Expectancy in the United States
Alyson Shirley
Advanced Indigenous health by providing mobile HIV/STI testing, education, and culturally responsive interventions.
Barney Morris
Championed prostate-cancer awareness and care equity, focusing on preventing late diagnoses among Black men.
J. Nadine Gracia
Guided federal efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care for minority and underserved populations
Mona Hanna-Attisha
Exposed lead poisoning in Flint, championed public health initiatives for vulnerable children.
Margarita Alegría
Advanced equity by improving mental-health access and culturally appropriate care for Latino and other underserved populations.
Black Women Have the Highest Breast Cancer Mortality Rate Among U.S. Women
Black men have the highest prostate cancer death rate in the United States
Black Americans have the highest rate of heart attacks, heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest in the United States
Eraka Bath
Improved mental-health services and justice-system support for foster-care and juvenile-justice-involved youth from marginalized communities.
Denise Dillard
Led community-engaged research on behavioral health, chronic disease, and trauma among Alaska Native and American Indian populations.
Mona Hanna-Attisha
Exposed lead poisoning in Flint, championed public health initiatives for vulnerable children.
Otis Brawley
Fought cancer inequities by exposing delayed diagnoses and poorer treatment among Black patients and underserved communities.
Vanessa Sheppard
Improved treatment access, survivorship support, and clinical-trial participation for Black women with breast cancer.
Asian female non-smokers face elevated lung cancer risk
Suicide Rates rising fastest among Black Americans, Native Americans and Alaska Natives
Black stroke patients receive fewer advanced treatments and face more delays than White patients
Black Americans have the highest colorectal cancer death rate in the United States.
Elderly White senior Americans are the most likely to die from falls
Puerto Rican Americans suffer the highest rate of asthma in the United States
Historic Redlining Still Drives Poorer Health Outcomes and Higher Disease Risk in Affected Neighborhoods
Eliseo Pérez-Stable
Improved tobacco-cessation and chronic-disease outcomes among Latino communities and other underserved groups.
Wizdom Powell
Focused on reducing health inequities among African American men by examining how racism and masculinity norms impede help-seeking.
Linda Villarosa
Exposed racism’s role in health, highlighting systemic causes of Black health inequities nationwide.
Mary Bassett
Centered her work on structural racism’s impact on Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities’ health outcomes.
John Ayanian
Worked to uncover and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare quality and outcomes, particularly among Black versus White patients.
American Indian/Alaska Native People Have the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rate in the U.S.
Black women have the highest cervical cancer death rate among U.S.
Black women experience the highest death rate from endometrial cancer in the U.S.
American Indian/Alaska Native people have the highest rate of type 2 diabetes in the U.S.
Black Americans have the highest hypertension rates in the United States
Black and American Indian/Alaska Native adults have the highest obesity rates in the United States.
Otis Brawley
Fought cancer inequities by exposing delayed diagnoses and poorer treatment among Black patients and underserved communities.
Eliseo Pérez-Stable
Improved tobacco-cessation and chronic-disease outcomes among Latino communities and other underserved groups.
John Ayanian
Worked to uncover and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare quality and outcomes, particularly among Black versus White patients.
Lola Fayanju
Focused on reducing racial disparities in breast-cancer outcomes and treatment delays among Black women.
Marcella Aslan
Researched medical mistrust, showing racially concordant physicians boost preventive care among Black men.
Black women more likely to suffer from uterine fibroids
HIV infections impact Latino and Black communities
Lupus more likely to strike Black women
