Health Equity

Nazleen Bharmal, MD, PhD (left), and Ndidi Unaka, MD, MEd, were recently appointed the inaugural chief health equity officers (CHEO) for Stanford Health Care and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, respectively.

This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine examines racial inequity and inequality in medicine and explores initiatives to close the gaps in care.

At the 2024 Health Equity Symposium, speakers emphasized that racism is alive and well, and workshop attendees identified ways to tackle health disparities.

Striving for better health outcomes by accounting for cultural, societal and environmental challenges in places we live, work and play.

Research on the structural racism, social injustice and health disparities in maternal and child health.

In response to growing interest and expertise among faculty that are dedicated to addressing health disparities, we have launched a Health Equity Action Leadership (HEAL) Network. Based in research and scholarship, the HEAL Network will bring faculty together to determine how we can better address health inequities.

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The Stanford Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Health Equity organizes and expands efforts to promote health equity within the communities we serve.

The Office of Child Health Equity (OCHE) envisions a world where all children reach their full potential. We strive to create communities and a world where healthcare and life outcomes are equitable and just.

This program is intended to improve the diversity of the research workforce underrepresented in maternal and child health-related research while supporting mentorship and training.

A community professional development program that provides training in research and selected health equity topics, delivered through a co-learning model, to a cohort of community members each year.

Our Health Equity Education efforts are dedicated to training a new generation of leaders in medicine and science who will actively promote health equity and work to reduce our society’s devastating health disparities

Tasked with a comprehensive review of the Stanford Medical School Curriculum to identify strengths and gaps in addressing anti-racist education, health equity and other social justice issues for both our clerkship and pre-clerkship curricula.

Stanford IM HEARs is a residency-based initiative dedicated to nurturing empathetic internists who are committed to the care of underserved communities within the United States.

The goal of the Food for Health Equity Lab is to generate evidence that can be implemented in community health centers to effectively address food insecurity in a way that improves patient outcomes.

Designing action-oriented, rigorous observational and interventional research to promote equitable diabetes outcomes in diverse settings and across the lifespan.

Stanford Medicine and Stanford Healthcare leadership are committed to achieving health equity. We strive for our patients and communities to have equal opportunity to reach their full health potential.

Stanford Health Policy faculty, fellows and students conduct research in an effort to build health equality.

Previous large health studies didn’t collect sexual orientation and gender identity information. A Stanford Medicine study finds the All of Us Research Program a boon to LGBTQ health researchers, future health outcomes.

The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative receives funding to develop evidence-based strategies that address disparities in maternal health.