I am SO proud of our paper published in the @Health_Affairs special issue on Racism & Health. We open the paper with a quote from the late James Baldwin: “...You always told me ‘It takes time…How much time do you want for your progress?” 1/6 a🧵healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl… Empirical research has been SLOW to quantify structural racism's impact on health. Our ALL STAR Team: @pa_homan, @tysonbrown, @bertchantarat, @badavis_ illuminates the pathway towards measuring structural racism. Shout out to @CARHEumn @minnpop @NICHD_NIH for 💰
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Just as politics has destroyed our ability to respond equitably and appropriately to #Covid, politics is keeping Black moms and babies from thriving. If you haven’t read the new @Surgeon_General reports take a look: hhs.gov/sites/default/… A thread…1/7 The health and wellbeing before during and after pregnancy of Black women is not a political issue it is a Public Health issue. Public health promotes and protects the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work and play. 2/7

So many things on my mind this morning from #COVID to President Obama's "defund the police statement". Will start with this.... 1/ 6 Our frontline healthcare workers are being asked to continue to care for patients even if thy have tested POSITIVE for #COVID as long as they are asymptomatic. HOW IN THE WORLD IS THIS OK? 2/6

America, your racism is showing… A thread. 1/9 I know that Biden may still win but either way, we have very clearly shown who we are. As @nhannahjones stated this morning “Turns out, this really is the country we thought it was.” 2/9

Today, a study conducted by myself, @Fixed_Effects, @aaronsojourner & @LauraHuangLA published in @PNASNews: pnas.org/content/early/… Cc:@KatherineJWu @ByNinaMartin @PublicHealthUMN @UMNews @minnpop @CTurlington @neel_shah @afrakt @UREssien @mg_galvin 1/12 We explore racial concordance in infant mortality. In the US Black infants die at 3 times the rate of white. The reasons are complex and multifactorial as discussed by many scholars like @DrDaraDMendez @maeveellen @mclemoremr @drbdchambers and many many more. 2/12

We (@EmedinaEduardo @RheaBoydMD) wrote this piece published today in @NEJM. We lay our souls bare. We share our pain and we call for action from our health care system. I am deeply proud of our words. What is most important is that we DO something. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
1/5 We(with @katybkoz)called for axe in 2016 after #PhilandoCastile was killed by a police officer. We asked u 2:Learn & accept America's racist roots;Understand how racism has shaped the disparities narrative;Define & name racism;Recognize racism, not race; Center the margins 2/5