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Health Equity Matters - Quarterly news for the Feinberg community |
Advancing Healthcare to Improve Health for All People
We create opportunity; we lead with passion; and we hold firm our learned truism: the absence of health in any one of us impacts the health of all of us.
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc
Vice Dean, Health Equity
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Special Message from Northwestern Medicine’s Chief Health Equity Executive
In 2023, Northwestern Medicine announced the NM2035 strategic plan, a five-pillared directive that calls out relationships with the communities we serve as an integral part of better healthcare delivery. To understand why this commitment to community is so important, let us consider the meaning of the term health equity.
Dinee Simpson, MD, FACS
Chief Health Equity Executive, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
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Northwestern Medicine Opens New Outpatient Center in Bronzeville
The opening of the new Northwestern Medicine Outpatient Center on the South Side of Chicago in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood represents a powerful step forward in advancing health equity.
Kimbra Bell, MD
Medical Director, Northwestern Medicine Bronzeville Outpatient Center
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Feinberg students, trainees, faculty and members from partner institutions recently gathered to share research on interventions and policies aimed at advancing equitable healthcare at the Office of Health Equity’s second annual Research Symposium and Lyceum Series.
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Northwestern University undergraduates in the NU Docs pathway program gathered at Feinberg for the second annual Cardiology Day—an immersive, full-day experience designed to bring the field of cardiology to life through direct interaction with clinicians, hands-on learning and meaningful conversations about the future of medicine.
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The Scholars Exchange is a quarterly conversation series that highlights early-career and rising faculty whose work advances health equity through research, education and community engagement. This series aims to foster dialogue, promote learning and strengthen our collective ability to advance healthcare for all.
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The Northwestern University community honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an expanded commemoration featuring events and projects throughout the month that inspire reflection on his life and legacy, including a panel discussion of leading health equity and legal experts on Wednesday, January 21, at noon on the Chicago campus.
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