Elizabeth and Chauncey Leake Memorial Fund

Reflections on Race and Medicine
in the USA:
Past, Present, and Future

Damon Tweedy, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Duke University School of Medicine and Staff Psychiatrist, Durham Veteran Affairs Health Care System

Thursday, April 28, 2022
12:00-1:00pm CT

During 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, with its disparate racial
outcomes, coupled with the nationwide protests following George Floyd’s murder,
sparked a renewed conversation on race in America. In his talk, Dr. Tweedy will
explore the dilemma of race within the medical school and hospital setting,
highlighting the challenges faced by Black patients and Black doctors while
reviewing recent developments and reforms in the field.

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