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Some believe that the elimination of structural racism only benefits communities of color or other marginalized groups. Kristin Z. Black, PhD, MPH will discuss how establishing more anti-racism principles (e.g., transparency and accountability) in systems benefits everyone that enters that system. Dr. Black will highlight her involvement in a study led by a community-medical-academic partnership. This partnership implemented system-level changes in cancer care, which resulted in the elimination of racial disparities in treatment completion.
Kristin Z. Black, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She received her MPH and PhD in Maternal and Child Health from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Black’s career commitment is to utilize community-based participatory research, mixed methods, and racial equity approaches to understand and address inequities in chronic disease and reproductive health outcomes. Additionally, she is a member of the Greensboro Health Disparities Collaborative, a 17-year-old community-medical-academic partnership and president-elect of the Society for the Analysis of African American Public Health Issues.
