Addressing the challenges of medical care from medical school to the battlefield to city streets to overcome disparities in health, Dr. Jonathan Woodson discusses his journey at the intersection of education, government, and the practice of medicine to train healthcare professionals and leaders to provide effective medical care.

Women often do not receive gender-specific health care, leading to disparities in treatment and outcomes. Megan Greenfield and Lucy Perez from McKinsey & Co. explore the reasons behind the global women's health gap and propose actionable steps to bridge this divide by 2040.

THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION SERIES:

A conversation with Shavon Arline-Bradley, Founding Principal of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions LLC, a public health, policy/advocacy, faith and executive leadership firm and Co-Founder of The Health Equity Cypher Group, a collaborative of nationally recognized health equity experts designed to expand the work of health, equity and diversity & inclusion in all sectors.

A conversation with Karen Emmons, a Professor of Social and Behavioral Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Bisola Ojikutu, an infectious disease specialist and health equity researcher who has dedicated her career to overcoming racial and ethnic disparities in HIV and now COVID-19 — discussing how community investment can help build trust in vaccines.

Despite numerous, well-intentioned efforts to close the K-12 education and healthcare gaps in America, we have barely seen any progress. Why is this? Tom Hedrick outlines the problems and gives his thoughts on what we should do.