Upcoming and recorded events, blogs, and more regarding health inequities, research and education, and other resources.
Health Inequities
Upcoming Events
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Journal Club on Race in Science | Brown School Race & Opportunity Lab, Mondays September 13-December 6, 12p CST
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“Understanding the Black-White Mental Health Paradox: Social Context, Stress and Coping” | WashU Psychological & Brain Sciences Clinical Science Seminar, September 21, 4p
Recorded events/shared slides/workshop summaries
- Journal Club on Race in Science | Spring 2021
- “We’re Not Broken: Why Equity in Maternal Mental Health Matters” | WashU Brown School | recorded (5/6/2021)
- LGBTQ Health Month 2021: various events | Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | recorded (April 2021)
- Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Training: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief | NASEM 2021
- March’s Centennial Conversation Conquering COVID-19: “Advancing Equity One Year Later “ | HELA100 | recorded
- Conversations on Covid-19: Impacts on Communities of Color | National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine | recorded
More recorded events/shared slides
- WashU MLK Week Keynote Address: “Dr. King’s Message on Race, Science and Justice” | recorded (01/18/2021)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week 2021: January 18-22 | WashU School of Medicine | recorded
- “Racial Inequities in Federal Funding for Biomedical Research” | WashU Anesthesiology | recorded (12/15/2020)
- Wednesdays with WashU: “How does who I am and where I live affect my health?” | recorded (12/09/2020)
- “Truth and Reconciliation in Healthcare: Healing St. Louis in Crisis“ | BJC Healthcare Diversity Week | recorded (11/18/2020)
- “Henrietta Lacks: Centennial CELLebration: Honoring Her Life and Legacy” | recorded (11/17/2020)
- Race, Equity and Social Justice Journal Club | “Science Advocacy for Neuroscientists: Communicating Your Science to Policymakers” | slides | (11/13/2020)
- The Neurological Impact of COVID-19 | WashU Neurology Grand Rounds | recorded (11/04/2020)
- COVID-19 and Race: Education | Clark-Fox Policy Institute | recorded (08/13/2020)
- Systemic Racism and Mental Health | Co-sponsored by the Brown School | recorded (08/06/2020)
- High price of Economic Injustice | Clark-Fox Policy Institute | recorded (08/04/2020)
- Open Classroom: COVID-19 and Race: Devastating Loss and Emotional and Mental Health | Brown School | recorded (05/28/2020)
Podcasts and blogs
- Your Brain and Racism | The Neuroethics Blog, Emory U, August 2020
- Racism as a public health issue | WashU School of Medicine podcast (06/25/2020)
- On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities | Health Affairs Blog, July 2020
Research Publications
- New! “Insights on Neural Response to Racist Threats” | JAMA Psychiatry, July 2021
- New! “Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals” | JAMA, August 2021
- “Black-White racial health disparities in inflammation and physical health: Cumulative stress, social isolation, and health behaviors” | Psychoneuroendocrinology, September 2021
- “Neighborhood active aging infrastructure and cognitive function: A mixed-methods study of older Americans” | Preventive Medicine, September 2021
- “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Heart and Cerebrovascular Disease Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States” | Circulation, May 2021
- Structural Racism and Discrimination: Impact on Minority Health and Health Disparities | Ethnicity and Disease Supplement 1, May 2021
- “Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans” | PNAS, April 2021
- “The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals” | JAMA, February 2021
- “Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography Positivity in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment” | JAMA Neurology, November 2020
Perspectives
- New! “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Implementation of Antiracism” | JAMA Psychiatry 2021
- “Doctor as Street-Level Bureaucrat” | NEJM, January 2021 | Authored by Elvin Geng (WashU Medicine)
- Them and Me — The Care and Treatment of Black Boys in America | NEJM, November 2020
News
- How racial violence affects Black Americans’ mental health | The Record (04/21/2021)
- Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity | The Source (4/6/2021)
- African American children with autism experience long delays in diagnosis | WashU School of Medicine News (08/23/2020)
Research and Education
Upcoming events
- Journal Club on Race in Science | Brown School Race & Opportunity Lab, Mondays September 13-December 6, 12p CST
- “Towards Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis: The Case of U.S. Latinos” | CMHRS/Brown School, September 21, 12:30p
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“Understanding the Black-White Mental Health Paradox: Social Context, Stress and Coping” | WashU Psychological & Brain Sciences Clinical Science Seminar, September 21, 4p
- “Inclusion of Diverse Populations in Health Research” | Bernard Becker Medical Library, September 29, 10:00a
Recorded events/shared slides/workshop summaries
More recorded events
- Virtual Workshop: Neuroscience Training in Challenging Times | NASEM | recorded (01/19/2021)
- WashU MLK Week Keynote Address: “Dr. King’s Message on Race, Science and Justice” | recorded (01/18/2021)
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week 2021: January 18-22 | WashU School of Medicine | recorded
- “Racial Inequities in Federal Funding for Biomedical Research” | WashU Anesthesiology | recorded (12/15/2020)
- Community Panel: “Who Decides Who you Are?” | recorded (11/20/2020)
- “Truth and Reconciliation in Healthcare: Healing St. Louis in Crisis“ | BJC Healthcare Diversity Week | recorded (11/18/2020)
- “Henrietta Lacks: Centennial CELLebration: Honoring Her Life and Legacy” | recorded (11/17/2020)
- “Science Advocacy for Neuroscientists: Communicating Your Science to Policymakers” | Race, Equity and Social Justice Journal Club | slides | (11/13/2020)
- Social Media Summit: “Intersection of Social Media, Diversity, Inclusion and Medical Education” | Academy of Educators at WashU School of Medicine | recorded (10/19/2020)
- Racial Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Training Virtual Workshop | NASEM | recorded (08/20/2020)
- Christopher Bedford & Erricka Bridgeford | ANA-JHU Social Justice Summer Series | recorded (08/20/2020)
- Vanita Gupta | ANA-JHU Social Justice Summer Series | recorded (08/13/2021)
- “Reimagining Place: Identity, Healing and Justice” | ANA-JHU Social Justice Summer Series | recorded (08/06/2020)
- SfN Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience | recorded (07/02/2020)
Podcasts and blogs
- Your Brain and Racism | The Neuroethics Blog, Emory U (August 2020)
- On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities | Health Affairs Blog (July 2020)
Research Publications
- New! “Insights on Neural Response to Racist Threats” | JAMA Psychiatry, July 2021
- New! “Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals” | JAMA August 2021
- “Black-White racial health disparities in inflammation and physical health: Cumulative stress, social isolation, and health behaviors” | Psychoneuroendocrinology, September 2021
- New! “Neighborhood active aging infrastructure and cognitive function: A mixed-methods study of older Americans” |Preventive Medicine, September 2021
- “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Heart and Cerebrovascular Disease Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States” | Circulation, May 2021
- Structural Racism and Discrimination: Impact on Minority Health and Health Disparities | Ethnicity and Disease Supplement 1, May 2021
- “Highly public anti-Black violence is associated with poor mental health days for Black Americans” | PNAS, April 2021
- “The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals” | JAMA, February 2021
- Polygenic burden has broader impact on health, cognition, and socioeconomic outcomes than most rare and high-risk copy number variants | Molecular Psychiatry, February 2021
- Racial Attitudes, Accumulation Mechanisms, and Disparities | Review of Philosophy and Psychology, February 2021
More publications
- Identifying challenges and recommendations for advancing global mental health implementation research: A key informant study of the National Institute of Mental Health Scale-Up Hubs | Asian Journal of Psychiatry, January 2021
- Fund Black scientists | Cell, January 2021
- Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab | PLOS Computational Biology, October 2020
- Too many senior white academics still resist recognizing racism | Nature, July 2020
- NINDS Strategies for Enhancing the Diversity of Neuroscience Researchers | Neuron, June 2020
Perspectives
- Black scientists matter | Science, August 2020
- Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Continuing the Conversation | SfN Neuronline conversation thread (August 2020)
News
- How racial violence affects Black Americans’ mental health | The Record, April 2021
- ‘We do belong here’: The scientist behind #BlackInNeuro hopes to transform a Twitter movement into a lasting community | STAT News, August 2020
