Former HHS Secretary, Louis Sullivan M.D., a life devoted to reducing health inequities.

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The Skin You're In

Partners for Advancing H.E.

5 episodes

2 months ago

Black Americans and other people of color tend to live sicker and die younger than white Americans. Why is this happening? The Skin You’re In Podcast investigates this disturbing phenomenon. We talk to leading health experts about the issues and potential solutions, and we hear from individuals about their firsthand experiences of injustice and its effects on their lives and their communities. Hosted by Thomas LaVeist, Dean, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Partners for Advancing Health Equity, a national health equity learning collaborative led by Tulane. Dr. LaVeist is also Executive Producer and Writer of the groundbreaking docu-series, “The Skin You’re In”. The Skin You’re In Podcast is produced by Partners for Advancing Health Equity, led by Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and is part of the Tulane Institute for Health Equity. Partners for Advancing Health Equity is supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

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Former HHS Secretary, Louis Sullivan M.D., a life devoted to reducing health inequities.

The Skin You're In

57 minutes

2 years ago

Former HHS Secretary, Louis Sullivan M.D., a life devoted to reducing health inequities.

In this episode we speak with Louis Sullivan, M.D., former Secretary of Health and Human Services under President George H.W. Bush, and the founding dean and director of the School of Medicine at Morehouse College. We discuss defining moments in his life and how they influenced his pursuit of a career in medicine, his establishment of institutions to improve opportunities for historically
underrepresented communities, and his time as Health and Human Services Secretary, where he led several efforts to reduce health inequities. He is also author of several books, including We'll Fight it Out Here: America’s Black Health Professionals and the Legislative Battleground. The Story of the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools.

Full biography: https://pemsm.com/enter/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LWS-Bio-2021.pdf

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