NMQF Town Hall: Black Americans & the COVID-19 Vaccine
The National Minority Quality Forum, in partnership with with honorary co-host the Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, and the National Urban League, will host a Town Hall on Monday, January 25th from 7 PM to 9 PM ET on Black Americans and the COVID-19 Vaccine.
Time magazine recently published an article
speaking of reasons for Black Americans' distrust of the vaccine. Our panel will discuss the reasons for this distrust and speak to the fears or assumptions about the vaccine(s) and therapies that are available.
Speakers:
The Honorable Robin L. Kelly, PhD
U.S. Representative for the 2nd District of Illinois
Chair, CBC Health Braintrust
Gary A. Puckrein, PhD
President & CEO
National Minority Quality Forum
Marc H. Morial, JD
President & CEO
National Urban League
Derrick Johnson, JD
President & CEO
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Panelists:
Debbie Chatman Bryant, DNP, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor and Dean for Practice
College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina
Dara Richardson-Heron, MD
Chief Patient Officer
Pfizer
Akilah Jefferson Shah, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Allergy and Immunology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Gary H. Gibbons, MD
Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Gloria Wilder, MD, MPH
Vice President, Innovation and Health Transformation
Centene Corporation
President & CEO, Core Health and Wellness Centers
C. Reynold Verret, PhD
President
Xavier University of Louisiana
Moderator:
Mia Keeys, MA, DrPH(c)
Director, Health Equity Policy & Advocacy Center for Health Equity
American Medical Association
Event Details
January 25, 2020 at 7:00pm EST - 9:00pm EST
Please submit questions to Keiko Purnell at kpurnell@nmqf.org. We also welcome suggestions for future webinar topics, as we plan to host more very soon!
