Advancing health equity: The Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists

Pascale M White; Ugonna Iroku; Rotonya M Carr; Folasade P May; Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists Board of Directors

doi:10.1038/s41575-021-00464-y

Advancing health equity: The Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jul;18(7):449-450. doi: 10.1038/s41575-021-00464-y.

Authors

Pascale M White¹, Ugonna Iroku², Rotonya M Carr³, Folasade P May^{4

5}; Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists Board of Directors

Collaborators

Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists Board of Directors:
Sophie Balzora, Valerie Antoine-Gustave, Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, Darrell M Gray, Alexandra Guillaume, Rachel B Issaka, Renee L Williams

Affiliations

¹ The Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
² New York Gastroenterology Associates, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
³ University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. fmay@mednet.ucla.edu.
⁵ UCLA-Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. fmay@mednet.ucla.edu.

Abstract

The Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists is a new organization that aims to improve gastrointestinal health outcomes in Black communities, foster networking and scholarship among its members, develop the pipeline of Black gastroenterologists and hepatologists, and promote health equity in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Black or African American
Digestive System Diseases* / diagnosis
Digestive System Diseases* / epidemiology
Digestive System Diseases* / therapy
Gastroenterology / standards*
Gastroenterology / trends
Health Equity / standards*
Health Equity / statistics & numerical data
Health Equity / trends
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Internationality
Societies, Medical
United States / epidemiology

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding