Features|Winter 2022
Healing the Divide
The Brigham’s community health centers are at the leading edge of significant racial and social justice work in Boston and beyond.
Winter 2022
Cultivating equity and inclusion in medicine
The Brigham’s community health centers are at the leading edge of significant racial and social justice work in Boston and beyond.
Though research has dispelled the myth of biologic differences between races, the Brigham is still rooting out race-based algorithms in healthcare.
This timeline charts some of the barriers, challenges, and progress toward racial equity, from the 15th century to today.
With the Brigham’s most racially diverse class of medical residents, trainees and faculty are working to improve equity and change medicine.
Cultivating equity and inclusion in medicine
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The Brigham’s first Black president reflects on resilience and equity.
Making genomic research more equitable
Brigham researchers lay the groundwork for equity in telehealth.
As a humanitarian crisis unfolded in Afghanistan last summer, neurosurgeon Ali Aziz-Sultan, MD, shared his family’s story and how it shapes his surgical practice today.
Joel T. Katz, MD, shares insights for engaging in dialogues about racism.
A vigil for Black lives at the Brigham in 2020 drew hundreds in the community to reflect on racial injustice and spark change.
The Skin of Color Dermatology Program pays special attention to the skincare needs of patients of color.
Check out our editors' recommended resources for learning more about racial justice in medicine and society.
Hear from young people in the Racial Recognition and Healing Project as they navigate structural racism, advantage, and social change.
Brigham leaders discuss how feelings of belonging can boost resiliency and well-being, especially in the workplace.
Chief Resident Anita Chary, MD, PhD, shares her perspective as an emerging medical leader.
Brigham experts discuss how incarceration affects the health of individuals and communities.
