Implicit Racial Bias and Microaggression as they Relate Treatment and Recovery including SUDs
Channel: Southeast ATTC
Date: 2020-07-16

Openly dialogue about the role you play in impacting retention of in substance abuse treatment while shedding light on the racial disparities.

Nzinga Harrison, MD
A well-respected physician and educator, Dr. Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health, an innovative company that provides comprehensive, longitudinal outpatient care for individuals experiencing opioid and other substance use disorders. As host of the In Recovery weekly podcast by Lemonada Media, she engages a large audience on topics related to addiction. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology with Spanish and Chemistry minors at Howard University, completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and General Psychiatry Residency at Emory University. She is Board-Certified in both Adult General Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine and has spent her career treating individuals with Serious Persistent Mental Illness and Addictive Diseases. Currently, she holds adjunct faculty appointments at the Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry is Co-Founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform, Inc., and Campaign Psychiatrist for Let’s Get Mentally Fit, a public education and stigma-reduction campaign.