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The year 1993 stands out for black leadership roles in medicine.


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  • Understanding healthcare equity as a provider, patient, or person of color

  • Heart disease: why women (especially Black women) need to act now

  • Top 5 health wins of 2024

  • Discussing equity in healthcare matters

  • Why medical education needs to include the BIPOC community

  • Spotlight on Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

Up Next

  • Black achievements in medicine

  • Black achievements in medicine and science—and the role of HBCUs

  • Spotlight on Mae C. Jemison

  • How to fix racial disparities in the healthcare system

  • Covid-19 illuminates how discrimination drives health disparities among black people

  • Understanding healthcare equity as a provider, patient, or person of color

  • Heart disease: why women (especially Black women) need to act now

  • Top 5 health wins of 2024

  • Discussing equity in healthcare matters

  • Why medical education needs to include the BIPOC community

  • Spotlight on Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

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