Racism and Health in the South

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Wednesday October 5, 2016 - Thursday October 6, 2016
      3:00 pm - 4:59 pm
  • Location: Clary Theater, Student Success Center
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Contact

Anne Pollock

apollock@gatech.edu

404-894-1240

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Racism and Health in the South: Camara Jones and Jonathan Metzl in Dialogue

Full Summary:

Racism and Health in the South: Camara Jones and Jonathan Metzl in Dialogue

This public dialogue brings together two world-leading experts on the impact of racism on health: Camara Jones, President of the American Public Health Association and professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, and Jonathan Metzl, Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University. The facilitated conversation will focus on issues of racism and health in the U.S. South. Organized by the Working Group on Race and Racism in Contemporary Biomedicine,  with the support of GT-FIRE.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

General, Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI)

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
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Status
  • Created By: Kristen Bailey
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 16, 2016 - 10:28am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:15pm