Racism as a Public Health Crisis

Dr Helen-Maria Lekas: Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and NYU School of Medicine, USA

A sociologist trained at Columbia University, Dr. Lekas has been working in Public Health for the past two decades. She is a Research Scientist in the Division of Social Solutions and Services Research, at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research and an Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her work is theoretically driven and focuses on improving the health of socioeconomically vulnerable and racialized populations, especially those contending with behavioural health conditions and HIV. Areas of expertise include engagement in medical care, patient-provider relationships, intersectional stigma, and chronic illness management. 

Daniel López-Cevallos: University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Daniel López-Cevallos is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research focuses on the intersections of race/ethnicity, migration, gender, class, and other socioeconomic and sociocultural constructs, and their relationship to health and educational issues in the United States and Latin America.
 

Ash Routen: University of Leicester, UK

Ash Routen is a Research Fellow in the Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Leicester in the UK. He works across several areas of interest including ethnic minority health, inclusion and diversity, multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity), and Covid-19. He serves on the editorial board of BMC Public Health and has authored over 50 publications.