Day 2 of #RPCCONV202111:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
“HEALTH EQUITY – ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE/OUR PEOPLE AND THE PANDEMIC”
Session topic/description: This forum will discuss how access to comprehensive, quality health care services are important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans.
The session will include a discussion on the pandemic and its extraordinary (and ongoing) impact on people everywhere, but especially how it has hit the black and brown communities—education, job loss, vaccination, recovery plans, health and wellness. We also take this opportunity to honor the First Responders who have been instrumental in bringing us through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opening remarks: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director, NIAID and
“Zeke” Emanuel – Vice Provost for Global Initiatives—University of Pennsylvania.
Moderator: Daryl Denard
Panelists: Dr. Debra Furr-Holden, Associate Dean for Public Health Integration at Michigan State University
Robin Kelly, U.S. Representative, Illinois’ 2nd Congressional district
Dr. Jeffrey E. Sterling, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Initiatives, LLC
Dr. Lakshmi Emory, Chief Medical Officer, Aetna Better health of Illinois
Rosalyn Carpenter, Chief Diversity Officer, Senior Vice President CommonSpirit Health.