Scientific Racism and Anti-Racism: History and Recent Perspectives

The Center for Community Health Education Research and Service (CCHERS) is excited to announce an upcoming Panel Discussion on Scientific Racism and Anti-Racism: History and Recent Perspectives. This is a second virtual community conversation session of the Race, Racism, and Research in the Medical Mecca series in 2021. Join us as we discuss the important issues of scientific racism and anti-racism and their implications to science, research, and healthcare today.

The panel will be moderated by Mary Ann Nelson, Esq., Vice President of Mission Hill Health Movement and Vice Chairperson of CCHERS Board of Directors, and feature expert panelists:

Nancy Krieger, PhD, Professor of Social Epidemiology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
Jean Wu, PhD, Emeritus Senior Lecturer in American Studies, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, Tufts School of Arts and Sciences
Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, PhD, Research Fellow, CARE Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School