HUM 345: Race and Health

This podcast, hosted at University of Washington School of Medicine, aims to directly address and explore the effects of racism, and other forms of marginalization.

Data & Society Network Talk, public health expert Kenyon Farrow and sociologist Tamara K. Nopper discuss racial disparities in COVID-19’s impact, reporting, and analyses.

Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine.

Dr. Camara Jones is a family physician and epidemiologist whose work focuses on naming,
measuring, and addressing the impacts of racism on the health and well-being of the nation. In her
TEDTalk she introduces new ways to think about race and racism and challenges us to become more aware of ourselves and our own biases.

Lecture by Maria Rosario Araneta, Maria Rosario Araneta, Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego

Lecture by Alex Ortega, PhD, director of the Center for Population Health and Community Impact in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University.

A discussion of the various health disparities and their related social determinants of health in American Indian and Alaska Native populations

Videos include How Racism Makes us Sick, Why Your Doctor Should Care About Social Justice, The Problem with Race -Based Medicine, and more.