Join us for a four-session series of rich, cross-disciplinary events that carve out the much-needed dedicated space to discuss the origins of the use of racial categories in medicine, the controversies surrounding its current use and practice, and future directions for how these categories are incorporated into clinical care, medical education, and research with the goal of advancing health equity across all of the UC academic medical institutions.

We envision these events as a mini-course and encourage attendees to join all three of the first sessions; information for Session 4 will be sent at a later date. If you missed Session 1 or 2, recordings of these sessions are on our website.

SESSION 3 April 14: Continuing Case Studies: Race, Racial Categorization, and Racism in Medicine Today - further case studies that elevate the nuanced controversies of how race, racism and racial categorization are used in medicine, both historically and today, and how this context and relationship to evidence has implications for equity.

SESSION 4 April 28 and May 5: Moving Forward: Reflections on How to Use Race and Racial Categorization in Medical Education, Clinical Practice and Clinical and Translational Research - applying learnings from the first three sessions, we break into tracks and grapple with incorporating, or not incorporating, racial categorization into our mission areas of Medical Education, Clinical Practice, and Clinical and Translational Research.

Medical Education: April 28, 8:30-11am
Clinical and Translational Research: April 28, 8:30-11am
Clinical Practice: May 5, 8:30-11am

PAST EVENTS-Recordings on our website:

SESSION 1 March 24: Laying the Foundation - an opening session with keynote talks and a group discussion that consider the use of race in medicine with respect to its historical context and current applications, including considerations related to the evolving science of genetics and the impact of racism on health outcomes.

SESSION 2 April 7: Case Studies: Race, Racial Categorization, and Racism in Medicine Today - our first case study considers how clinical guidelines and decision-making are impacted by patients’ race and how this has implications for equity.

Racism and Race: The Use of Race in Medicine-Sessions 3-4