A study co-authored by Associate Professor Rachel Hardeman found that the in-hospital death rate of Black newborns is a third lower when they are cared for by Black physicians rather than white physicians.
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Official estimates of public health spending are significantly overinflated
A study by researcher JP Leider reveals that federal estimates overestimate actual public health spending by as much as two-thirds.
Hardeman Awarded Blue Cross Professorship of Health and Racial Equity
Associate Professor Rachel Hardeman is the first Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity and works to understand the racist roots of health inequities and discerns how to create more just systems going forward.
Current Alzheimer’s drugs do little to help patients
A Minnesota Evidence-Based Practice Center study analyzed 67 Alzheimer’s treatments and found few are effective and they only alleviate symptoms.
Stolen Breaths
An NEJM commentary on the death of George Floyd and the health of Black Americans.
Hardeman receives AcademyHealth’s emerging leader award
Associate Professor Rachel Hardeman received AcademyHealth’s Alice S. Hersh Emerging Leader Award for her reproductive health equity research focusing on how racism creates health inequities.
Rachel Hardeman Honored with McKnight Presidential Fellow Award
As a new McKnight Presidential Fellow, Rachel Hardeman will continue to use health sciences research methods to dismantle racism and tackle health disparities.
Hardeman honored with U’s human rights and social justice award
Assistant Professor Rachel Hardeman received the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award from the University’s Office for Equity and Diversity during a ceremony on Nov. 4.
Tuskegee study’s medical exploitation led to population-wide declines in health among black men
Assistant Professor Rachel Hardeman co-authored an article that shows how the disclosure of a secret study of untreated syphilis in black men led many people to mistrust the medical system.
Providing culturally sensitive pregnancy care to black women
Research by PhD student J’Mag Karbeah identified key culturally sensitive values and practices among providers at a successful freestanding birth center serving a diverse urban community.
School of Public Health relaunching Center on Aging
The center, led by Professor Joseph Gaugler and Associate Professor Tetyana Shippee, will be an innovative home to those interested in aging research, education, services, and policy — within the School of Public Health, throughout the University, and for all stakeholders in Minnesota.
Culturally centered birth center improves value and equity in perinatal care
Assistant Professor Rachel Hardeman found the culturally centered care model of a Minneapolis birth center shows promise for delivering healthy babies and reducing racial inequities.
