COVID-19 & Disability

11/02/2021 31 min
COVID-19 & Disability

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In this February 11, 2021, installment of the AMA's Prioritizing Equity series, health justice leaders and advocates as discuss the ways in which COVID-19 uniquely impacts people with disabilities. Tune in as they share immediate and long-term improvement strategies for ensuring equity. Panel: Irma Gomez— Assistant director of the learning commons at Roosevelt University and advocate for students with disabilities Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD—Medical anthropologist, senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD— Principal for Sholas Medical Consulting Moderator: Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH—Chief health equity officer, group vice president, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association Originally aired February 11, 2021. The AMA's Digital Code of Conduct: https://www.ama-assn.org/code-conduct