<span itemprop="author">Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH

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Why affirmative action is crucial for health equity and social justice in medicine

Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are among the higher ed institutions involved in a U.S. Supreme Court battleĀ over affirmative action that is expected to be decided this spring or summer. As a former appellate defender in the…

The struggle to fill emergency medicine residency spots: Exploring the factors behind the unfilled match

Five-hundred and fifty-five. That’s the number of first-year emergency medicine (EM) residency spots that went unfilled in the Match. Before discussing the implications for nationwide residency programs, applicants, and patients, we must ask how …

Student loan forgiveness: a key step in achieving health equity for minority physicians and patients

As student loan forgiveness awaits a decision from the Supreme Court, the Department of Education hasĀ launched a program that can forgive student loan debt for over 40,000 Americans and ease student debt burdens for up to 3.6 million borrowers. As this…