Partners for Advancing Health Equity

From our companion podcast series, The Skin You're In : host Thomas LaVeist chats with Dr. Rebekah Gee , CEO of Nest Health , about her journey from academia to government and now to the private sector. They discuss the successful implementation of Medicaid expansion in Louisiana, which provided coverage to over 600,000 residents, and the innovative at-home care model Nest Health offers for famili...

This episodes explores Black joy, resilience, and health equity. Host Dr. Caryn Bell and guests Dr. Yanica Faustin and Dr. Tiffany Ford discuss how structural racism impacts health outcomes, especially in maternal health. They advocate for strength-based approaches in health equity research that celebrate Black experiences, emphasizing community-led solutions.   The guests urge a shift from defici...

From our companion podcast series, The Skin You're In : In this insightful episode, we talk with Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Georges reflects on the nuances of navigating policies and politics and APHA’s influence in advocating for impactful initiatives. The conversation also addresses the diverse political landscapes within public health,...

In part one from our companion podcast series, The Skin You're In ,  we heard from the filmmakers and featured participants as they discussed the making of the documentary and the broader forces shaping health disparities in America. In this second installment, the conversation expands beyond the stage. Panelists and audience members offer their own perspectives, highlighting the importance of com...

In part one of this two part episode from our companion podcast series, The Skin You're In , we delve into the critical question: Why do Black Americans face poorer health outcomes and shorter life expectancies? Centered around the documentary,  The Skin You’re In , this conversation was recorded live, December 2025, at the film's premiere in Montgomery, Alabama—a city steeped in civil rights hist...

In this episode of the Partners for Advancing Health Equity Podcast, host Caryn Bell emphasizes the significance of mental and emotional well-being as essential components for sustaining health equity efforts. As advocates face increasing challenges, this episode explores how community care, adaptability, and collective action form the foundation for endurance in this vital work.   Listeners will...

Episode Two   With social media serving as a breeding ground for information inaccuracies, it is important to develop robust media and data literacy skills to distinguish fact from fiction. In this second episode of a two-part series, we continue to explore how misinformation can distort public understanding and reactions to critical health information and we pose essential questions: What are the...

Episode One   In this first episode of a two-part series, we explore how misinformation can distort public understanding and reactions to critical health information. With social media serving as a breeding ground for these inaccuracies, it is important to develop robust media and data literacy skills to distinguish fact from fiction.   Here we engage with leading experts who share evidence-based...

In this episode, we discuss our Quarter One Learning Journey theme of civic and policy engagement to promote health equity, by highlighting the voices and insights from previous P4HE Collaborative learnings. Hear insightful discussions on how civic engagement drives health equity, featuring impactful quotes and sound bites from previous sessions. The podcast explores the intersection of policy, ad...

In this episode we speak to the team leading the Disrupting the Cycle project, which aims to better understand how Black people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) navigate the health services system and how to best support these individuals in a way that is culturally affirming, anti-ableist, and also affirms their ability to actively participate in their own healthcare.   As p...

In this episode we speak with Gabe Miller , Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Associate Director of the Deep South Initiative for Advancing Sexual and Gender Minority Health, about his research that spans political and policy determinants of health; population health, inequity, and intersectionality; and broad questions of community, wellbeing, and hea...

Continuing the conversation from episode one, in this episode we discuss the intersections of trauma, racism, and exposure to violence that affect adolescents, the idea of radical hope and liberation, and what needs to happen in the system and our society improve the overall wellbeing of these youth.   Host: Caryn Bell, Associate Director, Partners for Advancing Health Equity, Assistant Professor,...

In part one of this two-part episode we discuss the effects and utilization of culturally responsive wellbeing assessments for Black and Latinx adolescents with ADHD to address negative impacts of structural racism. This includes providing access to quality care, proper diagnosis, and interventions for those oppressed by the system. Our guests, Zoe Smith and Marcus Flax, who are leading this proje...

This is episode two continuing the conversation about the Healthy Neighborhoods Study , a 7-year multidisciplinary, multi-site participatory action research (PAR) project focused on neighborhood change, climate-related exposures, community resilience, and health equity in 9 low-income, racially/ethnically diverse communities in metropolitan Boston. In this episode our guests share their experience...

This is part one of two episodes discussing the Healthy Neighborhoods Study , a 7-year multidisciplinary, multi-site participatory action research (PAR) project focused on neighborhood change, climate-related exposures, community resilience, and health equity in 9 low-income, racially/ethnically diverse communities in metropolitan Boston. In this episode we hear from the team leading the study abo...

This podcast is produced from a recent Partners for Advancing Health Equity webinar, held November 2023. Moderated by our podcast host, Caryn Bell, she and guests discuss how recognition of structural racism, sexism, and other structural marginalization are the root causes of health inequities. However, it is not enough. Efforts to make changes on the structural level require shifts in power that...

In this episode we talk with Colin Killick, Executive Director of Disability Policy Consortium , about how and why the disability community has been largely left out of the health equity conversation. We cover what health equity should look like for people with disabilities and the Social Model of Disability, its definition of disability, and how this impacts advocacy and policy making. We also he...

In this episode of the series, Pathways to Health Equity, we speak with Dr. Paula Braveman, Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Health Equity at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), about her life experiences and their influence on her path in the field as well as her thoughts on the past, present, and future state of health equity. For...

In this episode of the series, Pathways to Health Equity, we speak with Dr. Sherman James, the Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, about growing up in the Deep South, firsthand experiences during the civil rights movement, and other circumstances that put him on the path of health justice, establishing him as a...

From our inaugural webinar held March 8, 2002, we hear from national cross-sector thought-leaders as we discuss next steps in health equity practice and policy across research, community, and funders. Hosted by Thomas LaVeist , Dean, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity. Panelists in this episode: Sharrelle Barber , Direct...

From our inaugural webinar held March 8, 2022, we introduce Partners for Advancing Health Equity , a research learning collaborative designed to spark discussion, share learning, foster collaboration, and facilitate resource exchange for the promotion of action-oriented health equity research, practice, and policies. It also includes the current state of health inequities, and why we must identify...