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Pediatric Leaders Advancing Health Equity. Training future leaders in pediatrics through advocacy, community engagement, research, and policy




























Black, Latine and American Indian students experience racial and ethnic disparities in exclusionary school disciplinary events, and can be considered an adverse childhood experience (ACE). jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…








Let’s talk about Black physicians (5% of all physicians). We have statistically lower MCAT and Step scores. However, Black physicians taking care of Black patients decreases mortality. If we let less Black applicants into medical school, more patients will die. Period.



This is my dear friend, Nakita. Nakita and I were medical school classmates and both interns in New York City. Nakita tragically took her own life on May 26. She is such a beautiful soul. She was so fun to be around. She was intelligent, charismatic, and confident. (1/x)