COVID-19 Archives

12.03.2021 Illustration of person in hospital bed

Health Equity

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Covid-19 Testing and Outcomes

Covid-19 disease, hospitalization and death disparities loom large among Latinos in a California study.

Guest Authors Mireille Jacobson, Tom Y. Chang, Manisha Shah, Rajiv Pramanik, Samir B. Shah

11.24.2021 person on pier in fog

Life After Loss

The pandemic has underscored disenfranchised grief, or grief that is not “openly acknowledged, socially validated, or publicly mourned.”

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

11.12.2021 Peter Mirandi

Health Equity

Peter Mirandi

Peter Mirandi has more than 30 years of local public health experience in several Massachusetts communities.

Editor Teresa Wood Kett

11.11.2021 M Daniele Fallin

M. Daniele Fallin

M. Daniele Fallin, PhD, is the chair of the Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She studies how environments, behavior and genetic variation contribute to the risk of psychiatric disease.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

10.29.2021 map

Health Equity

Immigration Status as a Social Determinant of Health During Covid-19

Federal immigration policies intersected with national Covid-19 prevention and response efforts in 2020 at the policy, health system, and individual patient level.

Guest Authors Jessica Hill, Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Paul McDaniel

10.27.2021 Damon Chaplin

Health Equity

Damon Chaplin

Damon Chaplin spearheads public health efforts for New Bedford, working to close gaps in health equity as he leads the city’s Covid-19 response.

Editor Teresa Wood Kett

10.22.2021 Kellie Carter Jackson

Health Equity

Kellie Carter Jackson

Kellie Carter Jackson is a professor and historian at Wellesley College in the African Studies Department. Her work focuses on slavery, abolition, and the use of violence as political discourse.

Fellow Sara Mar

10.18.2021 Yearby

Health Equity

Ruqaiijah Yearby

Ruqaiijah Yearby is a Professor of Law and member of the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law. She specializes in racial disparities within health care, the political economy of health care, and social justice in medical research.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

10.07.2021 Mui

Yeeli Mui

Dr. Yeeli Mui’s research focuses on the intersections of food systems, urban planning, and community engagement.

Fellow Sara Mar

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