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EVENTS

1619 to 2019

Confronting the Legacy of Slavery for Health Equity in Baltimore and Across the United States

Confronting the Legacy of Slavery for Health Equity in Baltimore and Across the United States

1619 to 2019

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted a forum to examine the complex history of slavery and its impact on health equity in Baltimore, Maryland, and across the United States.

The event was co-hosted by the Center for Health Equity and Urban Health Institute at Johns Hopkins University; Office of Public Health Practice and Training and SOURCE at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 

There were two panel discussions: The first focused on the historical legacy of slavery for health equity, and the second focused on Baltimore.

Panel #1

Embodying the Health Legacies of Slavery

Panelists

  • Jessica Marie Johnson
    Assistant Professor
    Department of History
    Johns Hopkins University
  • Elizabeth O'Brien
    Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Deirde Cooper Owens
    Charles and Linda Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Alexandre White
    Assistant Professor of Sociology and the History of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Moderator

  • Jeremy A. Greene
    William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Panel #2

Slavery and Health Equity in Baltimore

Panelists

  • Janice V. Bowie
    Professor
    Department of Health, Behavior, and Society
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Rev. Debra Hickman
    President/CEO, Sisters Together And Reaching, Inc (STAR)
  • Lawrence Jackson
    Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and History
    Johns Hopkins University
  • Bishop Douglas Miles
    Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church
    Co-chairman, Baltimoreans United in Leadership (BUILD)
  • Karen Kruse Thomas
    Historian, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Moderator

  • Lisa A. Cooper
    Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Health Equity
    Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health