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There are two key pieces of our data infrastructure to reexamine if we want to make our public health systems be more equitable, says Margarita Alegría, PhD, chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital.

While they drive our economy and society forward, people who immigrate to the United States also have to navigate new systems, cultural norms, and sometimes a new language.

Trisha Pasricha, MD, shares an eye-opening patient experience that illustrated the stark effect of COVID-19 disparities.

While they drive our economy and society forward, people who immigrate to the United States also have to navigate new systems, cultural norms, and sometimes a new language.

Dr. Atkinson and her team are working to make genetic research more inclusive with a new statistical framework and software package designed to include individuals of mixed ancestry.

Alba Miranda-Ribera, PhD, is an instructor at the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center.

Researchers will need to identify new treatment strategies, work collaboratively to develop them into treatments for patients and ensure equity and access.

I call this newsletter a conversation because I believe that dialogues, even when they’re hard to have, are important.

Dr. Alegría recently started a monthly email series, and we loved it so much we wanted to share each month’s email on Bench Press.

Can a spark of inspiration strike twice? That’s the hope of the co-leaders of a free two-day course on the COVID-19 pandemic for high school students next week.