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Faculty affiliate Dr. Kimberly Johnson and colleagues conducted critical research on the relationship between Medicaid expansion and cancer mortality.

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Jason Newland helps debunk 5 myths about the COVID19 vaccine.

Faculty Affiliate Kimberly Johnson, Ph.D.’s research cancer and location is insightful to understanding the differences in cancer detection and survival rates between people from metropolitan and rural areas.

“Black men are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police” Professor Hedwig Lee and her colleagues at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America were cited in a recent article by Moms of Black Boys United, Inc about their 5 years fight for social justice and police reform.

Faculty affiliate Dr. Jason Newland offers his insights into the ways the new delta variant may complicate plans for in-person learning in St. Louis this fall.

In a recent article, co-director Dr. Hedwig Lee and colleagues provide empirical evidence of “the earnings gap between people perceived as attractive and unattractive rivals or exceeds the earnings gap between white and Black adults”.

Dr. Andrew Reeves offers his expertise in public perceptions of presidential power in a piece discussing Biden’s attempts to form a commission of scholars and experts to explore forming the Supreme Court.

CRE2 faculty affiliates, David Cunninghan, Hedy Lee, and Geoff Warddiscuss the social movement against police brutality taking place across the nation and the world and the role of histories of racial violence in these events.

In a recent news release, Dr. William Nomikos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, provides critical insights into how the International community can maintain stability in various post-conflict areas, including Israel and Gaza.

As police violence continues to be so pervasive, Co-director of CRE2, Dr. Hedwig Lee, partnered with scholars at Rutgers University and the University of Michigan in exploring the race and ethnic disparities in police murders.

With more Americans getting vaccinated, people are seeking social groups– connecting through shared experiences, including adversity. Dr. Hedwig Lee, Co-Director of CRE2 , offers some sociological insights into how people are navigating an increasingly vaccinated world.

Faculty affiliate Dr. Joyce Balls-Berry has joined the leadership team of the All of Us Research Program, a NIH initiative to build a large, detailed biomedical data resource that reflects the breadth & diversity of the U.S. population.

Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barneslends her expertise in understanding the potential upsides of remote learning for Black students in a local news release.

We are excited to welcome Princess Offei-Dua, a Chancellor’s Career Fellow. The Chancellor’s Career Fellowship was launched in 2020 to provide “undergraduates with career-oriented opportunities without financial limitations. Among the 61 students selected for the inaugural class of fellows”. Princess is a rising junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and is majoring in sociology.

CRE2 launched a series of talks regarding the intersection of mindfulness and anti-racism led by Clara L. Wilkins, Todd S. Braver, and Diana C. Parra Perez– faculty affiliates that are leading our “Mindfulness and Anti-Racism Working Group”.

Faculty Affiliate Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado sheds light on the controversy surrounding the novel, American Dirt, and highlights an industry where Mexican and Mexican American writers are often ignored and marginalized.

Watch our inaugural WUSM-CRE2 Grand Rounds event: Truth, Transparency & Transformation: Dismantling Obstetric Racism in Hospital Births.

Lerone A. Martin discusses the complex relationship between religion and politics in America and its role in the 2020 election.

Examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has further revealed the racial and economic gaps in our country, this roundtable drives a conversation towards a political agenda for health and educational equity that creates safe and thriving communities going forward.

Framed against the backdrop of the 2020 Vice-Presidential debate, this roundtable discussion evaluates the impact of how political candidates’ identities shape the conversation with an increasingly diverse electorate.

CRE2 founding director Adrienne Davis examines how black studies scholars have fought for more resources and autonomy for their programs – and says this is the opportunity of a generation.

CRE2 affiliate Dr. Bettina Drake leads a panel discussion of physicians and public health specialists addressing racial disparities in Covid-19 and Cancer as part of the Program for the Elimination of Cancer Disparities Virtual Town Hall.

In a HEC-TV interview about her new book, CRE2 Faculty Affiliate Rafia Zafar discusses the influence of black cooks on the way we eat.