High-Risk Patients and Utilization of Primary Care in the US Veterans Affairs Health System
July 1, 2020
Authored by Center member, Dr. Said Ibrahim. Data are the new gold. This aphorism often describes the role of data-centric,…
We have to teach doctors about injustice
June 17, 2020
Doctors can’t solve inequality, so why should they try? So goes the argument of an essay written by our medical school’s…
They are Essential Workers Now, and Should Continue to Be: Social Workers and Home Health Care Workers during COVID-19 and Beyond
June 17, 2020
Although much has been said over the past few months about the selfless dedication of frontline healthcare workers during the…
George Floyd’s killing was just the spark. Here’s what really made the protests explode.
June 16, 2020
By Jamila Michener: What prompted the worldwide protests against racially biased policing? The simplest answer would be that on May 25,…
Protest Safely in the COVID Era
June 15, 2020
The Cornell Center for Health Equity strongly condemns racism in all its forms and supports efforts to eradicate racism from…
Race as a Social Determinant of Health: Why Black Populations Are Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19
June 10, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to claim over one-thousand American lives a day, Black people have been up to twice as likely…
Promoting Health Equity in the Era of COVID-19
June 4, 2020
Across the United States, it is now apparent that the COVID-19 virus is exacerbating existing societal biases and longstanding inequities…
Webinar: Health and Immigration Detention Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic | June 4, 2020
June 3, 2020
Cornell University and Physicians for Human Rights are hosting a webinar on Health and Immigration Detention Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic…
Cornell Center for Health Equity Statement on Institutional Racism and the Killing of George Floyd
June 2, 2020
We at the Cornell Center for Health Equity condemn the horrific and grievous killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis…
Health Equity Principles for State and Local Leaders in Responding to, Reopening, and Recovering from COVID-19
June 1, 2020
COVID-19 has unleashed a dual threat to health equity in the United States:a pandemic that has sickened millions and killed…