S1 E5: In Despair: Health Disparities in Minority and Disadvantaged Communities

This episode focuses on health disparities in minority communities as well as potential tools to ameliorate these issues in low-income and minority communities. This episode features LaKia Thomas, MPH, an environmental Health Specialist who works with Jefferson county as a COVID-19 Outbreak Investigator assisting facilities regulated by Jefferson County Public Health, with implementing mitigation and prevention strategies. LaKia possesses over 15 years of experience working to empower and provide communities with resources to build self-sufficiency. This episode also features Sandra Najuna, MPH who works as a Senior Project Manager-Quality Contracts for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Ryan White contracts for all 25 locations across the United States. Sandra works alongside health centers on several quality improvement projects to improve rates of viral load suppression and cervical cancer screening. Sandra is also concurrently working towards obtaining her DrPH from Johns Hopkins University.