Let’s talk Health Equity, Mental Health, Emotional Well-Being, and Young People of Color

In this episode, Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and Senior Medical Advisor of The Steve Fund, joins us.  Dr. Primm has a long-standing commitment to serving vulnerable populations and has previously served as Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and as Director of the APA’s Division of Diversity and Health Equity.  The Steve Fund is the nation’s leading organization focused on supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.  At the Steve Fund, Dr. Primm works to be part of the solution by enlightening family members, faculty, university administrators, and students themselves, to understand the needs of students of color and be intentional and deliberate about instituting protective factors to optimize their college experience.