Global Health Fighting Tuberculosis in a War The war has made the already strenuous TB situation even more challenging. COVID-19 diverted attention and resources, destroying 12 years of progress in the fight against TB.
Global Health Looking Forward to a Future Where Malaria is a Disease of the Past For malaria and other diseases, there is reason to celebrate when we look at the power of science and what it has helped us accomplish over the years. But much more remains to be done.
Gender and Sexual Reproductive Health Imagining Reproductive Health Care Access in a Post-Roe World A disturbing subtext to the Texas abortion ban, its copycats, and the end of Roe, is that wealthy women will always be able to travel anywhere they need to obtain reproductive health care. Women with low incomes and incarcerated women will not.
Human Rights Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - A Dream Deferred But Not Denied But we can never lose sight of the need to tackle every element of systemic racism in our country. Judge Jackson’s confirmation is a historic first and must not be the last.
Education My Job Hunting Journey During the Global Pandemic I found that the fact that we are living in a pandemic was frequently forgotten in spring 2021. Most of my friends in my graduating class, including me, didn’t give ourselves the grace we very much deserved. Looking back, I wish I could tell myself to focus less on the outcome in a world with so many unknowns, and focus more on developing my interests, passions, and aspirations.
Human Rights Burness Film Festival: A Journey to Become Better Allies For far too long, people of color have carried the emotional burden of living and working in spaces that diminish their existence. I’m proud this Film Festival gives us an opportunity to honor and better understand communities of color in all their complexity, challenges and humanity. Our discussions allow us to take an honest look at how some are cocooned in advantages they didn’t earn and others are cloaked in disadvantages they don’t deserve.