Race, Law, and Health Policy

COVID-19 has had a dramatically different effect on African-American and Latinx communities. This reflects enormous racial inequalities in health and health care in the United States. A panel of Berkeley professors discuss race, law, and health policy.

Speakers are:

  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law;
  • Khiara M. Bridges, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law;
  • Mahasin S. Mujahid, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Health and Director of the Epidemiology/Biostatistics MPH Program;
  • Osagie K. Obasogie, Haas Distinguished Chair and Professor of Bioethics, Joint Medical Program, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; and
  • Tina Sacks, Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare and Faculty Chair, Center for Research on Social Change at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

Co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Held on Jun 29, 2020.