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Expert Exchange: KU Medical Center Professor Addresses Brain Health Inequities, Seeks Change Through Community
Expert Exchange: KU Medical Center Professor Addresses Brain Health Inequities, Seeks Change Through Community

You’ve heard the saying, ‘actions speak louder than words.’ To discover what motivates someone or what is important to them, you can simply watch their feet. For Dr. Ashley…

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Health Equity - From Evidence to Action
Health Equity - From Evidence to Action

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UH Leads COVID Response in Community, Connects Underserved with Quality Care
UH Leads COVID Response in Community, Connects Underserved with Quality Care

As Kansas City’s essential hospital, University Health (UH) is dedicated to providing academic medicine for all. For the past several years, UH’s Community Health Strategie…

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KCU Students Taught Impact of Health Inequities
KCU Students Taught Impact of Health Inequities

Osteopathic medical students at Kansas City University (KCU) now have the opportunity to develop a much deeper understanding of the underlying issues and inequities impacti…

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UMKC Professor, Researcher Brings Health Services & Healthy Equity to Underserved Populations
UMKC Professor, Researcher Brings Health Services & Healthy Equity to Underserved Populations

Hundreds of people in Kansas City are receiving potentially life-saving medical screenings and vaccines thanks to the work of Dr. Jannette Berkley-Patton, a University of M…

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A Call for Equity in Breast Cancer Care
A Call for Equity in Breast Cancer Care

Karen Dehais

By: Karen Dehais, Health Forward Foundation

In 2011 I was diagnosed with breast c…

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