November
7

Research Ethics and Policy Series: Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD

12:00pm - 1:00pm • In-person and via Zoom: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor

2022-11-07 12:00:00 2022-11-07 13:00:00 America/New_York Research Ethics and Policy Series: Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD The IGNITE Study on Concentrated Investment in Black Neighborhoods   Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy Assistant Professor of Medicine Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania In-person! Livestreaming also available. Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees. Description: Structural racism has been described as a fundamental cause of health, operating through multiple, replaceable mechanisms to generate persistent disadvantage. This view implies that interventions to durably reduce structurally-mediated racial disparities in health requires intervening on multiple mechanisms at once. This talk describes the IGNITE study, which uses a cluster randomized trial to test an unprecedented, “big push” effort to improve health outcomes in predominantly Black communities in Philadelphia. Atheendar Venkataramani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and a staff physician at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. In addition, he serves as Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab. Dr. Venkataramani is a health economist who studies the life-course origins of health and socioeconomic inequality. His current research focuses on elucidating the effects of early life interventions on adult health and well-being; understanding the relationship between economic opportunities and health behaviors and outcomes; and examining the spillover health impacts of social policies. This work spans both domestic and international settings. Dr. Venkataramani completed his MD at Washington University, his PhD in Health Policy (Economics) and Yale University, and his BS in Biology and Economics at Duke University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine - Global Primary Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital.   For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu. In-person and via Zoom: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, 14th floor Penn Medical Ethics

The IGNITE Study on Concentrated Investment in Black Neighborhoods

 

Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

In-person! Livestreaming also available.
Boxed lunches will be provided for in-person attendees.

Description: Structural racism has been described as a fundamental cause of health, operating through multiple, replaceable mechanisms to generate persistent disadvantage. This view implies that interventions to durably reduce structurally-mediated racial disparities in health requires intervening on multiple mechanisms at once. This talk describes the IGNITE study, which uses a cluster randomized trial to test an unprecedented, “big push” effort to improve health outcomes in predominantly Black communities in Philadelphia.

Atheendar Venkataramani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and a staff physician at the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. In addition, he serves as Director of the Opportunity for Health Lab.

Dr. Venkataramani is a health economist who studies the life-course origins of health and socioeconomic inequality. His current research focuses on elucidating the effects of early life interventions on adult health and well-being; understanding the relationship between economic opportunities and health behaviors and outcomes; and examining the spillover health impacts of social policies. This work spans both domestic and international settings. Dr. Venkataramani completed his MD at Washington University, his PhD in Health Policy (Economics) and Yale University, and his BS in Biology and Economics at Duke University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine - Global Primary Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

 

For more information, contact Mary Pham, Mary.Pham@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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