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Latest updates from the public health leadership front lines

Feb 19, 2025

SHLI HET Team

Using Implementation Science to Support Ending the HIV Epidemic: An Introductory Workshop

Promotes a workshop on applying Implementation Science to integrate and sustain evidence-based HIV care practices, featuring keynote and interactive sessions.

Dec 1, 2024

Dr. Lawrence Bryant

The Impact of HIV on Elder Black Same Gender Loving Men (SGLM)

This comprehensive article explores how Black same-gender-loving men (SGLM) living with HIV face multiple intersecting oppressions and health disparities, while offering strategies like cultural humility, destigmatizing language, and research insights to support this population.

Jul 31, 2024

SHLI

Oh What A Night! Mother-Daughter "Walk in Her Shoes" Event Recap

The first-ever "Walk in Her Shoes" event at Morehouse School of Medicine brought together mothers, daughters, and advocates to empower Black women living with HIV through panel discussions, performances, and community connection.

Jun 20, 2024

SHLI

Morehouse School of Medicine Hosts "Walk in Her Shoes" Empowering Black Women Living with HIV

Promotes an event for mothers and daughters addressing HIV challenges facing Black women, with panel discussions and community engagement opportunities.

Dec 8, 2022

SHLI Team

APHA 2022 150th Anniversary

SHLI joined over 300 exhibitors at APHA's 150th anniversary conference with multiple faculty presentations, including Daniel Dawes discussing the Political Determinants of Health and Dr. David Satcher participating in a panel on health inequity.

Oct 7, 2022

SHLI Team

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.

Aug 18, 2022

SHLI Team

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.

Feb 4, 2022

SHLI Team

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.

Jan 10, 2022

SHLI Team

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.

Nov 23, 2021

Turquoise Sidibe, MPH

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 14, 2025

Kim Cinco, MPsy, USN Vet.

When Tech Meets Public Health: Dispatches from APHA 2025

Personal account of attending APHA 2025 conference, presenting Health Equity Tracker data showing Black women aged 45-54 have high HIV rates yet receive only 14% of PrEP prescriptions.

Aug 30, 2023

George Nawas, PharmD, BCPS

HIV Criminalization in Louisiana

Critiques Louisiana's HIV criminalization laws that perpetuate stigma and disproportionately burden marginalized communities, calling for evidence-based legal reform.

Jul 21, 2023

SHLI HET Team

Celebrate #ZeroHIVStigmaDay with the Health Equity Tracker

Promotes #ZeroHIVStigmaDay and highlights the Health Equity Tracker's HIV stigma data as a resource for combating discrimination against people living with HIV.

Jul 20, 2023

SHLI HET Team

Raising Fibroid Awareness in July: Taking Strides Towards Health Equity

Raises awareness about fibroids during July's Fibroid Awareness Month, noting that Black women are three times more likely to develop fibroids than White women.

May 10, 2023

Donrie Purcell, PhD, MPH

The Black Church and HIV

Explores the complex relationship between Black churches and HIV, noting that while churches historically provided community support, homophobia and stigma have limited their HIV response.

Mar 14, 2023

Donrie Purcell, PhD, MPH

PrEP and the Black Community

Highlights the stark disparity in PrEP access: Black people represent 40% of those living with HIV but only 14% of PrEP users, due to stigma and social determinants of health.

Feb 7, 2023

Donrie Purcell, PhD, MPH

Understanding HIV and Approaching Data Challenges in the Black Community

Addresses the disproportionate HIV impact on Black Americans (42% of new cases despite 12% of population) and the need for better data collection to dismantle healthcare system barriers.

Oct 19, 2022

Dawn M. Hunter, JD, MPH

Reflections on the Significance of the Health Equity Tracker

A Health Equity Task Force member reflects on the tracker's role in supporting the movement to declare racism a public health crisis and improve data-driven policy responses.

Oct 7, 2022

Turner Jensen, SHLI Health Law and Policy Intern

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.

May 25, 2022

Daniel E. Dawes, JD

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.