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DALLAS, May 19, 2021 Steps to ensure safety and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have had some unintended consequences on the management of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, a leading cause of heart disease and health disparities in the United States. COVID-19 has disproportionately affected people from different racial and ethnic groups, those who are from under-resourced populations and communities that face historic or systemic disadvantages. Discussions and research are ongoing to address what many experts label as long-existing inequities in the U.S. health system, according to information published today in the Media coverage has examined how and why COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting communities of color to some degree. However, it is critical that we continue to examine and explain the degree to which the pandemic has widened the divide among race/ethnic and class groups in the U.S. and exposed the systemic and institutional cracks in our he
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Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) has appointed Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH, as executive director of equity, diversity, and inclusion. In this role, Okuyemi will oversee efforts across HCI’s research, clinical care, community engagement, and education programs to actively counter racism and promote a culture of belonging, a key strategic priority for the cancer center.
Okuyemi has had a distinguished career as a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher advancing work to eliminate health disparities and improve health in refugee and underserved populations. Okuyemi joined the University of Utah in 2017 as professor and chair of family and preventive medicine. Okuyemi has served as HCI senior director of diversity and inclusion and HCI Research Executive Committee member since 2017, roles in which he has overseen equitable access to clinical research as part of the leadership of HCI’s NCI-designated co