TAMEST Conversation on COVID-19: Health Disparities
Latinos, African Americans and Native Americans in the United States have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 at four to five times the rate of white Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). For those under the age of 65, CDC data shows the COVID-19 death toll to be twice as high among people of color. On July 29, 2020, TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas) hosted a conversation with TAMEST Board President Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H. (NAM), UT Health San Antonio, a leading health disparities researcher, and additional population health experts to discuss these highlighted racial disparities in American health outcomes and explore opportunities to advance health equity during this crisis.
For information on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus, click here.
Moderator: Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H. (NAM)
Board President, TAMEST;
Chair and Professor
Department of Population Health Sciences
UT Health San Antonio
Speaker: Georges C. Benjamin, M.D. (NAM)
Executive Director
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Speaker: Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D.
Fellow in Child Health Policy
Center for Health and Biosciences
Baker Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
Speaker: Jewel Mullen, M.D.
Associate Dean for Health Equity
Associate Professor of Population Health and Internal Medicine
Dell Medical School The University of Texas at Austin
