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Tamara Cadet

Addressed cancer screening disparities among older adults, especially in underserved populations.

Tiffany Green

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

Paola Gonzalez

Championed bilingual, culturally responsive oncology care and improved health access for Latino communities facing resource barriers.

Danielle Shpiner

Focused on reducing disparities in advanced-care planning and treatment access among Hispanic and female patients with Parkinson’s disease.

John Carpten

Investigated cancer genomics to explain higher rate and mortality from prostate cancer among Black men and other underserved populations.

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

Lisa Cooper

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

David Williams

Focused on impacts of daily discrimination, which contribute to poor health.

John Carpten

Investigated cancer genomics to explain higher rate and mortality from prostate cancer among Black men and other underserved populations.

David Satcher

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

J.C. Abdul-Mutakabbir

Led vaccine equity efforts among Black and Hispanic communities, specifically combating COVID-19 vaccine inequity.

Joseph Mikhael

Advanced equity in blood-cancer care by targeting dramatic outcome and treatment disparities in multiple myeloma among Black and Latino patients.

Wizdom Powell

Focused on reducing health inequities among African American men by examining how racism and masculinity norms impede help-seeking.

Eliseo Pérez-Stable

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

Linda Villarosa

Exposed racism’s role in health, highlighting systemic causes of Black health inequities nationwide.

Chandra Jackson

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

Mona Hanna-Attisha

Exposed lead poisoning in Flint, championed public health initiatives for vulnerable children.

Tesa Anewishki

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

Lisa Cooper

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

Eliseo Pérez-Stable

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

Marcella Nunez-Smith

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

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