White privilege and health

Episode 108

Free Associations Podcast | October 5th, 2021

Matt and guest hosts Lori Dean and Dustin Duncan discuss a study on how white privilege affects health, they talk through the role of neighborhoods and health, and Lori tells us about her new favorite TV show.

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White privilege and health study

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Lori Dean, ScD

is Associate Professor in Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a social epidemiologist, her work focuses on privilege and health, including social (racism, discrimination, social capital) and economic (consumer credit, socioeconomic position) determinants of disparities in cancer and HIV. She has been PI on several NIH-funded studies and was a J. William Fulbright program awardee to Venezuela. She holds a doctorate from Harvard School of Public Health and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dustin Duncan, ScD

(he/they) is Associate Professor in Epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and a social and spatial epidemiologist, studying how neighborhood characteristics and mobility across geographic contexts influence population health and health disparities. Dr. Duncan's intersectional research focuses on Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men and transgender women of color. He holds a doctorate from Harvard School of Public Health.

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