This month on Primary Care RAP In this Hippo Education bonus, Dr. Lisa Patel from the Peds RAP team sits down with Dr. Jaya Aysola, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Assistant Dean of Inclusion and Diversity at the ...

Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Equity Advancement (CHEA) is proud to announce the TD Charitable Foundation’s (TDCF) $125,000 contribution to CHEA.  This significant gift will sustain and promote CHEA’s efforts to achieve health equity with a critical focus on health inequities faced by ...

Food. Water. Toiletries. Medications. Entertainment. Transportation. Shelter. Friendship. All of these are resources that quarantined COVID-19 patients need, but many lack the resources to obtain them. Recognizing the need for help, Penn students recently created the COVID-19 Social Needs Response ...

CHEA is partnering with the Office of Inclusion and Diversity to launch ACT: ACTION FOR CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO ENSURE EQUITY, MITIGATE BIAS AND ELIMINATE RACISM AT PENN MEDICINE. ACT is an interactive, collaborative process to identify key strategies ...

Did you miss the virtual town hall,"Starting a Conversation: Racism and Healthcare"? No problem, you can watch the recorded session here. On Monday, more than 700 employees attended the session that featured guest speakers Dr. Ana Pujols-McKee and Judge Theodore ...

A Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Ana Pujols-McKee and Judge Theodore McKee Join us on July 13th from 12pm-1pm for conversation about the role of racism, privilege, and bias in health care and on health and how we can take ...

The racism and police brutality against Black citizens that we have witnessed this week is part of long-standing and larger set of sociopolitical and historical forces that have created systems that benefit some while harming others. These inequities impact all ...

COVID-19 Social Needs Response Team has been created to help any person that has concerns about their safety or the safety of others, that has any immediate social needs, and/or is experiencing distress during this pandemic. If you or your ...

During stressful times, such as this pandemic, we know that fear and anxiety can lead to stigma towards certain populations or nationalities. Stigma hurts everyone by creating fear or anger toward other people. Stigma can also deter individuals from accessing ...

Purpose: Educate, foster collaboration, and galvanize efforts to advance equity What is Health Equity Week? Interdisciplinary week-long conference Events are free and open to all Features local and national experts Didactic and interactive sessions CME/CNE credit Offered For more information/registration, ...