HELEN News

U.S. Territories Data Added to Health Equity Tracker Atlanta, GA, August 09, 2021 – The Satcher Health Leadership Institute’s Health Equity Tracker has made updates to the platform to include data from United States Territories: Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Updates include changes to the national map to include interactive icons for the territories and the acquisition of additional data sources for population information. Together, these updates allow users to track data we have available on health outcomes. An Important Note on Missing Data The census bureau does not release population data for the…

ASTHO and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine, with support from CDC, invite you to apply to the Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health (DELPH) program. This new program will increase and strengthen participants’ visibility and exposure in public health systems, access to key networks, and leadership development opportunities. Program participants will be selected from experienced public health professionals who self-identify from an underrepresented group, including people of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals. This is a 12-month program with three in-person events. Washington Week - Washington, D.C. (February…

Opinion: Violence is a treatable public health ill By Mark Rosenberg, Kathryn Lawler and David Satcher Gun violence has reached frightening levels in Atlanta and many experts predict that it will get worse in the coming months. We want to avoid something even worse, the fatalism and hopelessness that affects all of us -- including mayors, legislators and journalists — when we can’t understand the problem and can’t even imagine how we can solve it. Read full article

A medical doctor at the forefront of driving health equity at the American Medical Association (AMA) says the pandemic has been rough, revealing—and the time is now for transformative leaders. “Not only are we in the pandemic that is claiming the lives of many worldwide, but it is claiming the lives of Black and brown people, here in this country especially,” said Dr. Aletha Maybank, the chief health equity officer and senior vice president of the American Medical Association. Maybank and Daniel E. Dawes, the executive director of Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine (SHLI), were guests on Monday’s edition of “Closer Look…

Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law & Policy The Health Law and Policy Program at American University Washington College of Law, in partnership with ChangeLab Solutions, the St. Louis University Institute for Healing Justice and Equity, and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, is pleased to present Health Justice: Engaging Critical Perspectives in Health Law and Policy. This initiative brings together scholars and advocates to discuss strategies for securing distributive justice, valuing human dignity, and empowering communities to address the structural and social determinants of health.  The…