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Health Humanities Grand Rounds with Dr. Damon Tweedy: Reflections on Race and Medicine in the Year of COVID-19 and Nationwide Protests

September 1, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined an ugly light on the longstanding racial and ethnic health disparities that persist in our country. Coupled with the televised murder of George Floyd, these events have sparked a renewed racial reckoning in America. In his talk, Dr. Tweedy will explore the dilemma of race within the medical school and hospital setting, highlighting the challenges faced by black patients and black doctors while reviewing recent developments and reforms in the field.

Presenter: Damon Tweedy, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine and staff physician at the Durham Veteran Affairs Health System, author of “Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine” (2015)

Registration required.

Sponsored by Health and Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration (HHIVE) Lab, Carolina Seminars and Countering Hate

Contact hhive.unc@gmail.com for more information.

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