Past Health Equity Week Sessions CME
Watch past Health Equity Week sessions and earn CME credit. NetID credentials required. In these series, thought leaders and scholars from within and outside Northwestern share insights into the roots of healthcare disparities and facilitate discussions that inform and inspire innovative solutions.
Course directors, planners, Feinberg CME leadership, review committee and staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2024 Sessions
Watch: Same BUT Different: Lung Cancer with Gender Equity Lenses
- Speakers: Narjust Florez, MD
- Moderator: Marquita Lewis Thames, PhD
- Session sponsored by NM Canning Thoracic Institute
Watch: Colorectal Cancer Screening: Meeting Patients Where They Are
- Speaker: Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS
- Moderator: Ike Okwuosa, MD
Watch: Cultivating Equitable Prostate Cancer Screening Among Black Americans through Patient-Centered and Partnered Approach
- Speakers: Yaw Nyame, MD, MS, MBA
- Moderator: Shilajit Kundu, MD
Watch: Health Equity in Action in Chicago Communities
- Speaker: Natasha Lloyd Nichols, MD, Evelyn Figueroa, MD, and Tristé Lieteau Smith, MD, JD
- Moderator: Kimbra Bell, MD and Sarah Chuzi, MD
2023 Sessions
Watch: Health Equity Tourism—Case Studies & Prevention Strategies
- Speakers: Elle Lett, PhD, MA, MBiostat and Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN
- Moderator: Mita Goel, MD, MPH
Watch: Residential Segregation & Health Outcomes
- Speaker: Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH
- Moderator: Oluwateniola (Teni) Brown, MD
Watch: The Double-Edged Sword of Data: An Equity-Centered Approach to Data Use to Advance Health Equity & Avoid Potential Pitfalls
- Speakers: Elisabeth Michel, MPH; Quian Callender, MHSA; and Priscilla Wang, MD, MPH
- Moderator: Diane Wayne, MD
- Session sponsored by NM Division of Community Affairs.
Watch: Overcoming Obesity: Eliminating Barriers to Comprehensive Care
- Speaker: Michael Knight, MD, MSHP
- Moderator: Linda Suleiman, MD
2022 Sessions
Watch: Health Equity in Cardiology
- Speakers: Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS and Utibe Essien, MD, MPH
- Moderators: Sarah Chuzi, MD and Quentin Youmans, MD, MSc
- Partner: Minority Faculty Association of NUCATS
Watch: Mental Health Equity
- Speaker: Shawn Jones, PhD, MHS
- Moderators: Inger Burnett-Ziegler, PhD
- Partner: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Claim CME credit for Mental Health session.
Watch: Disability & Health Equity
- Speaker: Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, MD, MS
- Moderators: Tara Lagu, MD, MPH
- Partner: Disability Advocacy Coalition in Medicine
Claim CME credit for Disability session.
Watch: Women’s Health & Reproductive Justice
- Speaker: Joia Crear-Perry, MD
- Moderators: Latasha Nelson, MD and and Teni Brown, MD
- Partner: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Claim CME credit for Reproductive Justice session.
Watch: Academic Redlining
- Speaker: Sunny Nakae, PhD, MSW
- Moderator: Roopal Kundu, MD
- Partner: McGaw Graduate Medical Education
Claim CME credit for Academic Redlining session.
Watch: Health Equity in Pediatrics
- Speaker: Nia Heard-Garris, MD MSc
- Moderators: Valeria Cohran, MD, and Matt Davis, MD
- Partner: Department of Pediatrics
Claim CME credit for Pediatrics session.
Watch: Community Health & Health Policy
- Speaker: Kameron Matthews, MD, JD
- Moderators: Posh Charles and Linda Suleiman, MD
- Partner: McGaw Graduate Medical Education
2021 Sessions
Watch: Kidney Health Equity
- Speakers: Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH; Ray Bignall, MD; and Dinee Simpson, MD
- Moderator: Sue Quaggin, MD
- Partner: Feinberg Minority Faculty Association with support from NUCATS
- Pre-work: “TEDTalk: What’s Race Got to Do with Medicine?” by Dorothy Roberts
Claim CME credit for Kidney Health session.
Watch: “The Pipeline” & the Impact on Health Equity
- Speaker: Bonnie Mason, MD
- Moderator: Linda Suleiman, MD
- Partner: Graduate Medical Education
- Supplemental Events: “Black Men in White Coats” video series
Claim CME credit for "The Pipeline" session.
Watch: Policy Decisions & Health Equity
Claim CME credit for Policy Decisions session.
Watch: Chicago Health
- Speakers: Linda Rae Murray, MD and David Ansell, MD
- Moderator: Melissa Simon, MD, MPH
- Partner: Center for Health Equity Transformation