2024 Rackam King Talks, Amna Rizvi Toner
Channel: Rackham Graduate School - University of Michigan
Date: 2024-02-08

More Than Skin Deep: Racism in Health Care
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science

Health care disparities continue to persist despite widespread awareness. Racism is detrimental to the health of Americans, but the way in which it appears is not always obvious. The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on many examples of systemic racism, including previously unknown and seemingly innocuous sources of harm. This talk presents one of these cases in detail, alongside relevant political and historical context.