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Health Equity Tracker Wins Title of "Best Health Initiative" at Halo Awards 2022

The Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Google.org received two Halo Awards for their Health Equity Tracker, winning Gold for "Best Health Initiative" and Silver for "Best COVID-19 Initiative" at the 2022 ceremony.

May 20, 2022

SHLI Team

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We Still Need Both Data and Input to Understand Where We are With Vaccine Hesitancy

Highlights findings from the American COVID-19 Vaccine Poll on vaccine uptake among communities of color, emphasizing the need for quality data to address hesitancy.

Feb 22, 2022

Laurie Zephrin, MD, Vice President, Commonwealth Fund

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Executive Director Daniel E. Dawes Featured on Smarter Healthcare Podcast

In Smarter Healthcare's Episode 21 podcast, Daniel E. Dawes discusses his initial motivation for pursuing health policy work and explores the upstream drivers called the Political Determinants of Health affecting America's health outcomes.

Feb 4, 2022

SHLI Team

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Behavioral Health Data Added to Health Equity Tracker

The Health Equity Tracker has expanded to include a new "Behavioral Health" category with five indicators: Frequent Mental Distress, Depression, Suicide, Opioid and Other Substance Misuse, and Alcohol Use, helping to address significant disparities in mental and behavioral health outcomes.

Jan 25, 2022

SHLI Team

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The US is undercounting COVID deaths, researchers say. Now they have a tool to figure out why.

Daniel Dawes discusses the troubling 2021 mortality figures for communities of color in a USA Today article, highlighting how the US is undercounting COVID-19 deaths and the persistent inequities affecting these communities.

Jan 10, 2022

SHLI Team

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Mitigating Inequities Caused or Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The CDC Foundation supported the development of a comprehensive report by the Presidential COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force with recommendations for mitigating inequities caused by the pandemic, with input from SHLI's Daniel Dawes.

Nov 23, 2021

Turquoise Sidibe, MPH

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Apr 16, 2026

SHLI

April 16 Violence Prevention Pre-Symposium

720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30310

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Apr 16, 2026

SHLI

Hugh M. Gloster Society Celebration

Smyre Conference & Education Center, Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

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Apr 8, 2026

SHLI

2026 Daniel S. Blumenthal MD, MPH Public Health Symposium

NCPC Auditorium & Smyre Conference Center, Morehouse School of Medicine

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Apr 6, 2026

SHLI

Invisible Core: In Oficio Salutis (In Service of Health) Screening

National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

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