Dr. Lariah Edwards is currently an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem is a Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at Emory University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
Annie Hoang is an an MD candidate at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she is enrolled in the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US).
Si la comunidad de salud pública va a abordar la injusticia, primero debe reconocer plenamente el racismo. Como Xicana orgullosa de entrar en el campo, invito a mis compañeros a ser parte del cambio.
If the public health community is going to address injustice it must first fully acknowledge racism. As a proud Xicana entering the field, I invite my peers to be a part of the change.
El carbón, el petróleo y el gas han dado a las comunidades de los EE. UU. tanto cheques constantes como contaminación devastadora. Es hora de hacer de la salud una prioridad para satisfacer nuestras demandas energéticas.
