Research and Justice For All is a podcast from Health Affairs that provides perspectives on how to dismantle unjust systems and structures that have long impacted health outcomes in historically marginalized populations. Hear how to challenge injustices in health care – rooted in racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of exclusion – through research, evidence, community-building, and other potential and innovative solutions. 

Each season of the podcast is sponsored by organizations dedicated to eliminating health inequities.

The first six-episode season, “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity,” is co-hosted by Dr. Sree Chaguturu, Chief Medical Officer (CVS Health) and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Chief Health Equity Officer (CVS Health), and features C-Suite level executives, such as Karen DeSalvo (Google), Rashad Burgess (Gilead Sciences), Thomas D. Sequist (Massachusetts General Brigham), as they discuss private sector initiatives and responsibility to advance health equity.

Guest: Thomas Sequist, Chief Medical Officer at Massachusetts General Brigham

In the first episode of Research and Justice For All, CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Thomas Sequist from Massachusetts General Brigham on the important role of health and hospital systems in driving health equity in the US.

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links:  

• Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism (Health Affairs Forefront)  
• United Against Racism 2-Year Anniversary: A Reflection from Mass General Brigham’s Chief Community Health & Health Equity Officer (Massachusetts General Brigham)  
• Mass General Community Health (Massachusetts General Hospital)

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Guest: Bryan O. Buckley, Director of Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance 

CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Bryan O. Buckley of the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) about health equity accreditation and why collaboration with communities is key to improving health equity.

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links:  

• Private Sector Companies Must Partner With Communities To Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs Forefront)  
• Community Trust And Relationships: The Key For Strengthening Public Health Systems (Health Affairs Forefront)  
• NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation Programs (NCQA) 
• HEDIS and Performance Measurement (NCQA) 

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Guest: Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, AVP for Health Equity at Merck and Lead of Merck for Mothers 

CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Mary-Ann Etiebet of Merck about how to address disparities in maternal health outcomes and the contributions of the Merck for Mothers initiative.

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links:  

• Employers Can Help Raise The Bar for Reproductive Health Equity (Health Affairs Forefront) 
• The US Maternal Health Crisis: It’s Time To Reverse The Trend (Merck For Mothers) 
• Improving Maternal Health Equity in the US (Safer Childbirth Cities) 
• Maternal Health of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas (UNFPA) 

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Guest: Dr. Nicole Christian-Brathwaite, MD, Head of Medical and Clinical Strategy at Headway and CEO and Founder of Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting 

CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Nicole Christian-Brathwaite of Headway and Well Minds Psychiatry & Consulting about the impact that mental health care disparities have had on historically marginalized communities and strategic approaches that can improve mental health outcomes. 

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links: 

• Addressing The Mental Health Equity Crisis: Can The Private Sector Lead? (Health Affairs Forefront)  
• Headway x Violet - Improving access to inclusive mental health care (Headway) 
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Data Summary & Trends Report (CDC) 

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Guest: Dr. Karen DeSalvo, Chief Health Officer, Google  

CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Karen DeSalvo of Google on how to leverage data and partnerships to drive positive, equitable health outcomes. They also discuss both the public and private sector approaches to promoting health equity.

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links:  

• A Health System’s Experience With Inclusive Race And Ethnicity Data Collection, And The Need For Data Equity Principles (Health Affairs) 
• Building a Clinical Team in a Large Technology Company (NEJM Catalyst)  
• Google is committed to health equity (Google)  
• Explore COVID-19 Symptoms Search Trends (Google)
• Med-PaLM (Google Research)

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Guest: Rashad Burgess, Vice President of Advancing Health and Black Equity at Gilead Sciences 

CVS Health’s Sree Chaguturu and Joneigh Khaldun interview Rashad Burgess of Gilead Sciences about how private sector companies can advance health equity goals. They also discuss how Gilead is addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black and brown communities throughout Southern states in the US.

This season is sponsored by CVS Health.

Related Links:  

• LGBTQ+ Health Is An Essential Component of Public Health Equity Efforts (Health Affairs Forefront)  
• Building Community Power To Dismantle Policy-Based Structural Inequity In Population Health (Health Affairs)  
• About the Gilead COMPASS Initiative® (Gilead)  
• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Legislation (Health Resources & Services Administration)  

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Guest: Dion Dawson, Chief Dreamer and CEO, Dion's Chicago Dream

In the first episode of the second season of Research and Justice For All, host Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Dion Dawson from Dion's Chicago Dream about innovative ways to address food insecurity. They also explore the nonprofit industrial complex and the systemic link between hunger and profit in the US.

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.

Related Links:  

• Fresh food as medicine for the heartburn of high prices (Deloitte)
• Health Affairs theme issue: Food & Health
• Meals On Wheels Clients: Measurable Differences In The Likelihood Of Aging In Place Or Being Hospitalized (Health Affairs) 
• Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Health Affairs)  
• Measuring and Addressing Nutrition Security to Achieve Health and Health Equity (Health Affairs) 

The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.

Guest: Kimberly Driggins, Executive Director, Washington Housing Conservancy

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Child and Public Health Advocate, interviews Kimberly Driggins from the Washington Housing Conservancy about the connections between housing security, economic mobility, and health outcomes. They also explore what it will take to reinvent an equitable, anti-racist housing system. 

This season is sponsored by Deloitte.

Learn more about Deloitte's work with Drivers of Health or the Deloitte Health Equity Institute.

Related Links:  

• Infrastructure law may smooth the road to health equity (Deloitte)
• Health Affairs theme issue: Housing & Health
• Neighborhoods and Health: Interventions at the Neighborhood Level Could Help Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs)
• Primary Care–Based Housing Program Reduced Outpatient Visits; Patients Reported Mental And Physical Health Benefits (Health Affairs)  
• Gentrification Yields Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Exposure To Contextual Determinants Of Health (Health Affairs)  

The views and opinions expressed by podcast speakers and guests are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions of Deloitte or its personnel, nor does Deloitte advocate or endorse any individuals or entities featured on the episodes.