The Cincinnati Herald: Local panel discusses COVID-19 impact on communities of color

UC Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training hosts virtual discussion

The Collaboration Network hosted a virtual conference on Racial and Health Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Thursday, November 19 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Andrew Beck, MD, a Cincinnati Children’s physician and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati, and Karen Bankston, PhD, professor of emerita of the UC College of Nursing, were among those who discussed and presented regional data about COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on communities of color in Greater Cincinnati.  The Collaboration Network is a program of the Center for Clinical & Translational Science and Training, run jointly by UC and Cincinnati Children's. The Cincinnati Herald along with other local media covered the virtual discussion.

Read the Cincinnati Herald’s coverage of the virtual meeting.

If you missed the presentation it is available online.

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