Racism in Medicine
Materials for the Racism and Medicine week in the Health, Human Rights, and Advocacy course run by the Mount Sinai Human Rights and Social Justice Program
Article: "How Structural Racism Works — Racist Policies as a Root Cause of U.S. Racial Health Inequities"
[Optional reading for HHRA students]
Introduction to Advocacy: Thinking with/in Mount Sinai
Materials for the introductory week of the Human Rights and Social Justice Program's Nexus course, "Health, Human Rights, and Advocacy"
Interview with Rachel Wilkinson (HRSJ Oral Histories)
An interview with Rachel Wilkinson, MD (Sinai 2021) as part of the HRSJ Oral History project
Interview with James Blum (HRSJ Oral Histories)
Interview with James Blum, MD (Sinai Class of 2021) as part of the HRSJ Oral History project.
The Human Rights and Social Justice Scholars Program: A Collaborative Model for Preclinical Training in Social Medicine
This article details the design and implementation of the Human Rights and Social Justice (HRSJ) Scholars Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Automated decision making in medicine
Materials for the Technology and Automated Decision Making week in the Health, Human Rights, and Advocacy course run by the Mount Sinai Human Rights and Social Justice Program
Why we need the Wild
"Why we need the Wild" is a visual essay that intents to explain and show the importance of protecting the remaining large, intact, and wild places on earth - for nature and humans.
A piece outlining the connection between racist redlining housing practices and gun violence.
[Optional reading for HHRA students.]