Center Leader in NPR Maryland Radio Interview on Slavery + Health Equity
DECEMBER 11, 2019, BALTIMORE: Center Director, Lisa Cooper, was interviewed by Sheilah Kast on NPR Maryland’s On The Record WYPR Program.
From WYPR:
400 years after enslaved Africans were first brought to North America, inequalities continue to impact the health and life expectancy of African Americans. One driver of disparate outcomes is quality of care. Doctors tend to talk more and listen less to minority patients. Undoing this, says Johns Hopkins internist and researcher Dr. Lisa Cooper, requires educating future physicians. And sociologist Alexandre White tells how historical responses to disease outbreaks can teach useful lessons about structural racism.
