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Kemi Doll

Improved diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy for Black women with endometrial cancer facing delayed care.

Alyson Shirley

Advanced Indigenous health by providing mobile HIV/STI testing, education, and culturally responsive interventions.

Marcella Aslan

Researched medical mistrust, showing racially concordant physicians boost preventive care among Black men.

Denise Dillard

Led community-engaged research on behavioral health, chronic disease, and trauma among Alaska Native and American Indian populations.

Lisa Cooper

Pioneered interventions improving doctor-patient communication and community engagement to reduce racial health inequities.

Black Americans have the highest rate of heart attacks, heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest in the United States

Vanessa Sheppard

Improved treatment access, survivorship support, and clinical-trial participation for Black women with breast cancer.

David Satcher

Championed eliminating racial health disparities, especially infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, and care for minorities.

Margarita Alegría

Advanced equity by improving mental-health access and culturally appropriate care for Latino and other underserved populations.

Lola Fayanju

Focused on reducing racial disparities in breast-cancer outcomes and treatment delays among Black women.

Tiffany Green

Studied racial and immigrant-status inequities in maternal and infant health, especially affecting Black and immigrant mothers.

Mary Bassett

Centered her work on structural racism’s impact on Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities’ health outcomes.

Avonne Connor

Studied breast-cancer outcomes among African-American, Hispanic and underserved women and the factors that contribute to unequal outcomes.

John Ayanian

Worked to uncover and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare quality and outcomes, particularly among Black versus White patients.

Chandra Jackson

Researched how social and environmental factors drive racial disparities in sleep and metabolic health.

Eliseo Pérez-Stable

Improved tobacco-cessation and chronic-disease outcomes among Latino communities and other underserved groups.

Chandra Jackson

Researched how social and environmental factors drive racial disparities in sleep and metabolic health.

Mary Bassett

Centered her work on structural racism’s impact on Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities’ health outcomes.

Tesa Anewishki

Led a West Side safety-net hospital where she combats diabetes, food insecurity and access issues for Black and Brown patients.

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Worked to eliminate COVID-19 and healthcare inequities affecting Black, Latino, and other marginalized communities through research and policy leadership.

Kizzmekia Corbett

Helped develop mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and worked to build vaccine trust in Black communities.

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