EP #412 - 2.13.2022 - Public Health in Philadelphia w/Sharrelle Barber

Today I welcome social epidemiologist Sharrelle Barber back to COVIDCalls!
Dr. Sharrelle Barber is a social epidemiologist and scholar-activist in the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University.  Her research focuses on the intersection of "place, race, and health" and examines the role of structural racism in shaping health and racial/ethnic health inequities among Blacks in the United States and Brazil.
Dr. Barber currently serves as the Director of The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity, which launched November 11, 2021. 
Dr. Barber's empirical work and academic commentary has been published in leading academic journals including The Lancet Infectious Disease, the American Journal of Public Health, and Social Science and Medicine. Dr. Barber has also lectured and taught nationally and internationally about the impact of racism on health inequities and serves on the Group for Racial Equality (GRacE) International Advisory Board for The Lancet.