Moving Medicine Beyond the Individual Assessment for Implicit Bias

by Martín Escandón

During the orientation week prior to beginning medical school, all incoming students in my class were required to take an implicit association test (IAT). As part of the…

Gentrification and City Policy: Changing Soccer Fields and Neighborhoods

by Alina Schnake-Mahl

“Who cares about the neighborhood?”

That was the defiant declaration of a young white techie as his group of co-workers attempted to…

What If I Can’t Hide?

Akl C. Fahed and Utibe R. Essien

Racism terrorizes me more than ISIS.

“You have a beautiful accent, doctor, where are you from?”

“Lebanon,” I said, as I heard the glass shattering in the background. All the trust…

Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons from History in Addressing Racism in Public Health

by Yvette Efevbera

On Feb. 18, 2015, the first annual Diversity Report at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health was released. The Report was a…

Rethinking Health Outreach Methods: Learning from the African Diaspora

by Ahmadou Balde

Since the 1990s, the migration of Africans to the United States has increased. Unfortunately, the majority face overwhelming socioeconomic and psychological…