Race and racism

Blog & Updates

Oct 2025

Exploring Health Inequities Through Live Performances and Open Public Discussion in Philadelphia

Two Greenwall Foundation-commissioned performances of A REFUTATION, with Theater of War Productions, will be hosted in Philadelphia, PA and webcast live on October 23.
Mar 2025

“A REFUTATION” Performance Spurs Discussion About Modern-Day Inequities for Caregivers and Patients

Theater of War Productions staged two Greenwall-commissioned dramatic readings of "A REFUTATION," a series of conflicting historical accounts of Philadelphia’s 1793 yellow fever epidemic with implications for America’s current health inequities. They marked the capstone celebration of the Foundation’s 75th anniversary.
Jan 2025

Exploring Health Inequities Through Live Performances and Open Public Discussion in Washington, DC

The 75th anniversary celebration continues into early 2025 with our capstone event: two Greenwall Foundation-commissioned performances of A REFUTATION, with Theater of War Productions, that will be hosted in Washington, DC, and webcast live on February 21 and 22.
May 2024

Reshma Jagsi on Upstream and Downstream Disparities in Health and Medicine | Part One

Faculty Scholars Program Committee Member Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, has focused much of her career on disparities in health and medicine, and she has recently been part of several projects that explore them.
Oct 2023

Faculty Scholars, Alums, and Committee Members: ASBH 2023 Annual Conference Presentations

Several members Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program community will present their work at this year’s American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Conference. Read more for a schedule of their presentations.
May 2023

Foundation Announces Greenwall Faculty Scholars Class of 2026

The Foundation’s flagship Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics helps build the next generation of leaders in bioethics by supporting early-career faculty members to carry out innovative bioethics research, and by building an intellectually rich and active community.
Dec 2022

Ruha Benjamin, PhD, and Meghna Chakrabarti Discuss Technology, Racial Bias, and More at the 2022 Stubing Lecture

On November 15, The Greenwall Foundation and NYU School of Global Public Health teamed up to host the 2022 William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture, Are Robots Racist? Rethinking Automation and Inequity in Healthcare. The Lecture featured Ruha Benjamin, PhD, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University in conversation with WBUR’s Meghna Chakrabarti.
Oct 2022

Announcing the 2022 Stubing Memorial Lecture

As algorithms supplement human decision-making across a variety of sectors, questions of ethics and equity have come quickly to the forefront. In recent years, researchers found that pulse...

Scholars

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Wangui Muigai, PhD

Class of 2025 Brandeis University
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Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP

Class of 2024 University of California, San Francisco
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Monica Peek, MD, MPH

Class of 2018 University of Chicago
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Kimani Paul-Emile, JD, PhD

Class of 2016 Fordham University School of Law
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Charmaine DM Royal, PhD

Class of 2012 Duke University
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Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, MA

Class of 2007 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Grants

Reducing Bias and Fostering Respect for Patients as Persons: The Promise of Humanizing Medical Records
Mary Catherine Beach, MD Johns Hopkins University
Grant Type
Making a Difference
Grant Cycle
spring 2025
Restorative Processes for Medical Racism: Fostering Accountability and Relational Repair
Crystal Brown, MD University of Washington
Grant Type
Making a Difference
Grant Cycle
fall 2024