Webinar: Structural Racism and Health Disparities

Dr. Ayana Jordan: “COVID-19 is Terrible, But I am More Likely to Die From Structural Racism“
In this webinar, Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, defines key concepts that contribute to the oppression, pain, and overwhelming health disparities among Black and other minoritized communities and explains how structural racism results in negative outcomes for Black and other people of color. Dr. Jordan also discusses conditions that have contributed to the over-representation of Black people in the current COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of structural racism on the current opioid epidemic.