Health Equity Matters - Winter 2020

Welcome!

As I write the Introduction to this issue of Health Equity Matters, our nation is observing the national holiday celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Few in modern history can share Dr. King’s distinction as a “drum major for justice” and an advocate for health and equity. One of his most cited quotes is “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” We are grateful for every instance he used his voice to call attention to health and health care disparities, and we will continue...Continue reading remarks from OMHHE Director Dr. Leandris Liburd.

News You Can Use!

Lung Injury & Deaths associated with E-Cigarettes or Vaping Products CDC Releases Spanish Language Infographics on Caregiving & Subjective Cognitive Decline CDC Program Supports Hispanic/LatinX Americans at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Latino Commission on AIDS Launches #SpreadFactsNotFear New! CDC Adult Prevalence Maps CDC Childhood Obesity Maps  HHS Awards $50 Million to Establish New Health Center Sites School-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program to Reduce Depression and Anxiety Symptoms CDC Podcast on Teens Living with Sickle Cell Disease

Features

CDC Cups/Ferguson Honors, Leaders, and Milestones 2019 CDC Wiliams-Hutchins Award Winners Lavender Scare Film Screening

Health Equity Champion

Wayne Giles, MD, MS became the Dean of School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in September 2017. Prior to joining the UIC, Dr. Giles spent 25 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where he led the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, the Division of Population Health, and the Division of Adult and Community Health (all within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion). His portfolio at CDC included running one of the organization’s most diverse divisions with programmatic and research activities in community health promotion, arthritis, aging, health care utilization, school health, and racial and ethnic disparities in health. Read more about why Dr. Giles is OMHHE's champion.