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The Context of Poverty - January Webinar

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Event Type:
Webinar
Date:
January 11, 2024
Time:
2pm – 3pm ET

Event Series

The Context of Poverty

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This seminar/webinar series delves into the context of poverty. At each of the webinars esteemed researchers will present their work focusing on different aspects of the context poverty. To achieve health equity, it is required to address the challenges of populations living in poverty and facing extreme disparities in health, economic, social, housing, etc. and achieve the best possible health for all.

Speaker

David R. Williams, PhD, MPH
David R. Williams, PhD, MPH

Florence & Laura Norman Professor of Public Health
Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology
Harvard University

 

Dr. David Williams' research has enhanced our understanding of the complex ways in which socioeconomic status, race, stress, racism, health behavior and religious involvement can affect health.  His talk will focus on the intersection pf race and poverty and its detrimental effects on health and cancer outcomes.