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
Tiffany Green
Studied racial and immigrant-status inequities in maternal and infant health, especially affecting Black and immigrant mothers.
Eraka Bath
Improved mental-health services and justice-system support for foster-care and juvenile-justice-involved youth from marginalized communities.
Kemi Doll
Improved diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy for Black women with endometrial cancer facing delayed care.
Kafui Dzirasa
Increased neuroscience research inclusivity and highlighted exclusion of African-ancestry data in mental-health studies.
Barney Morris
Championed prostate-cancer awareness and care equity, focusing on preventing late diagnoses among Black men.
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
Paola Gonzalez
Championed bilingual, culturally responsive oncology care and improved health access for Latino communities facing resource barriers.
Lola Fayanju
Focused on reducing racial disparities in breast-cancer outcomes and treatment delays among Black women.
Tamara Cadet
Addressed cancer screening disparities among older adults, especially in underserved populations.
J.C. Abdul-Mutakabbir
Led vaccine equity efforts among Black and Hispanic communities, specifically combating COVID-19 vaccine inequity.
Kemi Doll
Improved diagnosis, treatment, and advocacy for Black women with endometrial cancer facing delayed care.
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
Otis Brawley
Developed cancer screening strategies for effectiveness across diverse populations.
Avonne Connor
Studied breast-cancer outcomes among African-American, Hispanic and underserved women and the factors that contribute to unequal outcomes.
Crystal Cené
Focused on reducing cardiovascular and chronic-care disparities among under-served populations through social-determinants research.
Wizdom Powell
Focused on reducing health inequities among African American men by examining how racism and masculinity norms impede help-seeking.
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.
Nadine Burke Harris
Tackled childhood trauma and toxic stress, highlighting disproportionate impacts on Black and low-income children.
John Carpten
Investigated cancer genomics to explain higher rate and mortality from prostate cancer among Black men and other underserved populations.
Arline Geronimus
Developed the “weathering” theory, showing chronic racism caused early health decline, especially in Black mothers and infants.
Renee Brady-Nicholls
Reduced cancer inequities by developing mathematical models of treatment differences, especially among Black and white prostate-cancer patients.
Joseph Mikhael
Advanced equity in blood-cancer care by targeting dramatic outcome and treatment disparities in multiple myeloma among Black and Latino patients.
Black women more likely to suffer from uterine fibroids
HIV infections impact Latino and Black communities
Lupus more likely to strike Black women
