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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.

Sep 30, 2020

SHLI Team

SHLI Hosts First Health Equity Task Force Meeting

The Satcher Health Leadership Institute successfully convened its first Health Equity Task Force meeting, bringing together members from various committees to identify priority areas and create innovative strategies for eliminating health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 24, 2020

SHLI Team

Audiobook Now Available for The Political Determinants of Health!

The highly anticipated audiobook version of "The Political Determinants of Health" by Daniel E. Dawes is now available, examining how political decisions create social drivers that affect health outcomes and equity.

Sep 15, 2020

SHLI Team

Dr. David Satcher Awards Recognize Local Work Addressing Health Inequities

The 11th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards recognized University of Rochester Medical Center faculty and staff for their significant contributions to reducing health inequities in partnership with community organizations.

Aug 17, 2020

SHLI Team

Dr. David Satcher's latest release: "My Quest for Health Equity" Now Available!

Dr. David Satcher's memoir "My Quest for Health Equity: Notes on Learning While Leading" shares his fifty-year career journey toward moving the needle forward in achieving equity for all and offers inspiring lessons on health leadership.

Jul 28, 2020

SHLI Team

Gilead Sciences and Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine Partner to Study Racial Health Inequities Associated with COVID-19

Gilead Sciences and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute announced a partnership to develop a real-time, public-facing health equity data platform to address the impact of COVID-19 and other diseases on communities of color.

Jul 19, 2020

SHLI Team

Remembering Congressman John Lewis

SHLI commemorates the life of Congressman John Robert Lewis, honoring his lifelong activism in the Civil Rights Movement and his unwavering stance to fight for justice, noting their commitment to continuing his legacy through health equity work.

Jul 14, 2020

SHLI Team

Chairman Neal and Ways and Means Committee Democrats Release Report Examining Longstanding Inequities in American Health System

House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal released a comprehensive staff report titled "Left Out: Barriers to Health Equity for Rural and Underserved Communities" analyzing barriers to healthcare in underserved areas and how challenges are byproducts of systemic racism and economic inequality.

Jun 29, 2020

SHLI Team

Office of Minority Health selects Morehouse School of Medicine to lead their COVID-19 Initiative

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health selected Morehouse School of Medicine to lead the National Infrastructure for Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities initiative, with Dr. Dominic Mack and Daniel E. Dawes serving as principal investigators.

Jun 16, 2020

SHLI Team

CDC Foundation and SHLI Develop Health Equity Task Force

The CDC Foundation and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute announced a partnership to address COVID-19 health inequities by establishing a Health Equity Task Force to monitor and assess disparate impacts on vulnerable populations and create a COVID-19 data consortium.

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.