A Conversation with Nancy Krieger on Structural
Racism, Social Justice and COVID-19
May 1 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT
This will be streamed here on our FB page as
well as our website: https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/event/a-conversation-with-nancy-krieger-on-structural-racism-social-justice-and-covid-19/
About the Talk:
Professor Nancy Krieger (Harvard, Berkeley
Public Health Alum) along with Professors Mahasin Mujahid and Corinne Ridell
(UCB) will engage in a conversation about the impact of racial discrimination,
social class and place on the excess disease and death rates from COVID-19
among African American and other communities of color. The session will focus
on some of the thorny issues related to collecting and analyzing relevant
social data on COVID-19; and advancing a social justice agenda to address
racial/ethnic disparities in disease rates. The conversation will be moderated
by Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch.
Nancy Krieger 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.