PSOM Community Dialogue on Racism, Racial Justice and Social Equity
June 8, 2020
To:Faculty, Students, and Staff
From:Wendell Pritchett, JD, PhD, J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML
A reminder to please join University Provost Wendell Pritchett, Dean J. Larry Jameson, Vice Dean for Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity Eve Higginbotham, UPHS CEO Kevin B. Mahoney and CHOP President and CEO Madeline Bell today for a
Virtual PSOM Community Dialogue on Racism, Racial Justice and Social Equity
Monday, June 8th
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Panelists include:
Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation PIK Professor of Health Policy and Health Equity at the University of Pennsylvania
Lamin Sonko, MD/MBA PSOM Student
Dr. Meghan Lane-Fall, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Medical Faculty Senate Chair
Richard Watson, HUP Patient Transportation Services
Dr. Shawn Bates, Postdoctoral Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. George Dalembert, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Dr. Maria Oquendo, Chair, Department of Psychiatry
This is one in a series of community forums to discuss, acknowledge and better understand how issues such as structural racism, implicit bias and social determinants impact Penn Medicine’s community of faculty, students, staff – and the health of the patients and communities we serve – as we work together to achieve a more inclusive and impactful university and community.