Session 2: Visualizing our Current State
Recorded on April 15, 2021
In this session, we critically examine health disparity data from a variety of contexts, see how systemic racism and the inequities it generates represent a public health crisis. We then explore coalition-building and interprofessional collaboration among health care professionals in order to organize, plan and develop a collective response to these social and political problems, specifically at federally qualified community health centers (FQHCs).
Speakers
Phillomin Laptiste
Phillomin “Philly” Laptiste is the executive director of Bowdoin Street Health Center (BSHC), a community health center in the Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood of Dorchester that operates under the licensure of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). A second-generation Bowdoin-Geneva resident, Ms. Laptiste has committed her time to numerous community building and neighborhood improvement events. She is passionate about improving the well-being of the neighborhood and the people who live within it. Ms. Laptiste ran the Boston Marathon for Team BIDMC in 2017 and again in 2018. In 2018, she was recognized by BIDMC as a YMCA Achiever for her accomplishments and dedication to community service. Under her leadership, BSHC received the Mayoral Prize Award for Innovations in Primary Care. Most recently, Ms. Laptiste was appointed as one of seven Commissioners to the Board of Health for the city of Boston.
Nancy Krieger, PhD
Nancy Krieger, PhD is Professor of Social Epidemiology and American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor, in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and Director of the HSPH Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. Dr. Krieger is an internationally recognized social epidemiologist, with a background in biochemistry, philosophy of science, and the history of public health, combined with over 35 years of activism linking issues involving social justice, science, and health.
Terry Mizrahi, PhD, MSW
Terry Mizrahi, PhD, MSW was a faculty member at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College of the City University of New York and chaired the Community Organization, Planning and Development practice method. She also has done extensive research and training on coalition-building and interprofessional collaboration between physicians and social workers and other disciplines. Among her recognized honors are the Council on Social Work Education Lifetime Career Award for Service and Leadership, Hunter’s Presidential Awards for Excellence in Applied Research and for Leadership and Service. She was President of the National Association of Social Workers (2000-2003). Her most recent book "From Residency to Retirement: The Career Tracks of American Physicians" was published by Rutgers UP, 2021.
Co-Moderators
Ayotomiwa "Tomi" Ojo
Ayotomiwa Ojo is a dual MD/MPP candidate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School. Her academic endeavors focus on reproductive justice in medical education, social justice advocacy, and incorporating equity into health and social policy.
David Duong, MD, MPH
David Duong, MD, MPH is the Director of the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change. He is a practicing primary care physician, a World Health Organization's Young Leader in Primary Healthcare, serves on the 2020 World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Health and Healthcare and a former US Fulbright Scholar.
