‘Getting to health equity’ lecture is call to action for health care community

By Erin Hoover Barnett January 17, 2018 Portland, Ore.

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An endowed lecture, sponsored by OHSU, Moda Health and Legacy Health, will be held at Maranatha Church in Portland, Feb. 28, 2018. Harvard sociologist, and pre-eminent scholar in the social determinants of health, David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., will discuss “Getting to health equity.” (Photo courtesy Maranatha Church)

DeNorval Unthank

Dr. DeNorval Unthank (1899-1977), among the first African American physicians in Oregon and the only black physician practicing in Oregon in the 1930s. He was a tireless advocate for the underserved. (OHSU)

Nathalie M. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Nathalie M. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S., is medical director of Portland's Legacy Cancer Institute and an OHSU clinical professor of surgery.

William E. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.B.A.

William E. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.B.A., trained as a vascular surgeon and is now senior vice president at Moda, Inc. and president of Moda Health.

David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Harvard sociologist, and pre-eminent scholar in the social determinants of health, David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., will discuss “Getting to health equity,” in an endowed lecture, sponsored by OHSU, Moda Health and Legacy Health, will be held at Maranatha Church in Portland, Feb. 28, 2018. (Photo courtesy Harvard University)

Dr. David R. Williams at TEDMED

Harvard sociologist, and pre-eminent scholar in the social determinants of health, David R. Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., presents "How racism makes us sick" at TEDMED, 2016. Williams will be the featured speaker in an endowed lecture, sponsored by OHSU, Moda Health and Legacy Health, will be held at Maranatha Church in Portland, Feb. 28, 2018. (Photo courtesy TEDMED)