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How Paid Sick Leave Policies Promote Health Equity

Examines how the lack of paid sick leave policies disproportionately impacts essential and frontline workers, increasing COVID-19 exposure risks and health inequities.

Oct 7, 2022

Turner Jensen, SHLI Health Law and Policy Intern

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SHLI

What Are Political Determinants of Health & Do They Differ from SDOH?

This article explains how political determinants of health differ from social determinants of health, examining how policy choices and political decisions lead to social factors that impact health outcomes and can be categorized into voting, government, and policy influences.

Oct 7, 2022

SHLI Team

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KSCMHE

SHLI at MSM Releases First-Ever Report Demonstrating the Devastating Cost of Mental Health Inequities

SHLI released "The Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities in the United States Report," revealing that nearly 117,000 lives and approximately $278 billion could have been saved over a four-year period, while identifying that nearly six million vulnerable Americans are not accounted for in national mental healthcare reporting.

Sep 7, 2022

SHLI Team

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SHLI Announces the Inaugural Robert Raben Health Equity Innovation Competition Winners

The Satcher Health Leadership Institute hosted the Inaugural Robert Raben Health Equity Innovation Award Competition, awarding $10,000 to Sandra Kong and Xindi Chen for their project "Optimizing Care Coordination for Patients with Multimorbidity" to advance health equity innovation.

Aug 18, 2022

SHLI Team

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KSCMHE

If You’re Feeling Numb and You Think This is Normal, Something is Very Wrong

The Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity advocates for the safety and well-being of all because access to safety and well-being should be seen as a basic civil right.

May 25, 2022

Madhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH

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HET

One Year of Advancing Health Equity

Reflects on the Health Equity Tracker's first year, showing how Black and Hispanic communities bear disproportionate COVID-19 hospitalization burdens despite smaller population shares.

May 25, 2022

Daniel E. Dawes, JD

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Aug 28, 2026

GHEI

Melissa Issa-Boube, MD, MS: Global Health Equity Institute Lecture Series

Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 Calvin Smyre Education Conference Center (Rooms H108-H109)

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Aug 13, 2026

KSCMHE

Eboni Winford, PhD: Mental Health Equity Seminar

Speaker: Eboni Winford, PhD; Psychologist, Cherokee Integrated Care Health System

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Jul 29, 2026

SHLI

SHLI Symposium at NMA

Annual Meeting & Scientific Assembly Convention Center, Room 202-A San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Jun 12, 2026

MSM

Satcher Institute Teambuilding Fun Day

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