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Mashup Score: 2Somnath Saha: Examining Clinician Bias and Underrepresentation in Medicine | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity - 4 day(s) ago
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” so goes the old childhood saying. Somnath Saha, MD, MPH, a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, says research shows this is far from the truth when it comes to the quality of healthcare. “Clinician bias is commonly considered a cause of health care disparities, but since most biases are unconscious, and therefore invisible, it is difficult to determine their impact on patient care,” Saha says. Through his
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Established in 1919, the Department is one of the world’s oldest and largest epidemiology programs.
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Mashup Score: 0What to Know About COVID FLiRT Variants | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 5 day(s) ago
A new family of COVID variants are becoming dominant in the U.S. at a crucial time for vaccine decision-making.
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Mashup Score: 0What to Know About COVID FLiRT Variants | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 6 day(s) ago
A new family of COVID variants are becoming dominant in the U.S. at a crucial time for vaccine decision-making.
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Mashup Score: 0Alex Solano-Umana Recognized for Contributions to Health Equity Research | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity - 7 day(s) ago
As Director of Community Outreach at the Lourie Center, Solano-Umana serves as the liaison between the H42 study and the Lourie Center’s home visiting program. Through her role, she recruits participants and contributes to the H42 community engaged research. She also serves as the co-chair of the H42 coordinating council and will be listed as a co-author on the H42 protocol paper because of her significant contributions to the study. Kelly Bower PHD, MSN/MPH, BS, RN, one of the co-Principle Investigators
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Mashup Score: 5Manisha Gupta Advocates for Chronically Ill Patients | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity - 11 day(s) ago
As a full-time patient advocate for disability and health equity, Manisha Gupta, PhD, is leveraging her background in social psychology to address implicit bias and discrimination in healthcare. Gupta, who serves on the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity (CHE) Community Advisory Board (CAB), draws from her experiences as a woman of color with multiple chronic illnesses to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic illnesses. Gupt a’s social psychology training guides her professional trajectory,
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Mashup Score: 1Mysti Harrison Measures Impact of Health Disparity Stress on MS | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity - 12 day(s) ago
Kimystian “Mysti” Harrison, MD, a post-doctoral neuroimmunology fellow working with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, aims to explore the connection between chronic stress and multiple sclerosis (MS) outcomes. By analyzing biomarkers associated with stress levels in MS patients and comparing them across different demographic groups, Harrison hopes to shed light on the underlying mechanisms driving these disparities. Through this research, she aims to identify strategies to improve outcomes and
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“MS research to date has reported largely on racial disparities related to neurologic outcomes,” Bhattarai says. “We are examining how factors such as neighborhood and income can affect the quality of MS care a person receives, especially those from historically underserved groups.” Bhattarai and Bhattiprolu’s study focuses on social determinants of health (SDOH) to help them identify barriers that contribute to racial disparities in MS care. “We hope that by identifying modifiable factors, including
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Mashup Score: 0Rotavirus the Leading Cause of Diarrheal Deaths Among Children Under 5, New Analysis Finds | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 14 day(s) ago
A new systematic review conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Virginia identified rotavirus as the leading cause of death from diarrhea in children under 5 years of age, globally. Using data from 2000 up to 2021, researchers estimated that despite a more than 60 percent decrease from 2000, diarrhea was still responsible for more than 444,000 childhood deaths in 2021—nearly all of which occurred in low- and middle-income countries. The
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Mashup Score: 21Planetary Health Aims to Help Humans by Helping Earth | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 24 day(s) ago
The damage humans have done to the Earth is coming back to harm us.
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Sticks & stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me... or can they? @somsaha is exploring how #StigmatizingLanguage & underrepresentation of people from #BIPOC communities negatively impact #HealthDisparities. Learn about Dr. Saha's work 🔗 https://t.co/p0niWdXmaD https://t.co/1T1ec1XExB