Public awareness and attention to health equity has grown rapidly in recent years, with the recognition that equity – broadly construed along many axes – is critical to the ethical conduct of healthcare and research. In Bioethics & Stories of Inequity, Usha Lee McFarling, recipient of the 2024 Bernard Lo, MD, Award in Bioethics, discusses how her reporting has shined a light on inequity and made an impact to reduce disparities in health and science.