Sunday, October 25, 2020

November 18: Health Equity During the COVID-19 Pandemic Legal Implications and the Need for Policy to Effect Change

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities experienced by communities of color, and the pandemic has further deeply entrenched the inequalities faced by these communities. This lecture will examine:
  • The health disparities experienced by communities of color
  • Telemedicine; specifically, this session will address the inequitable deployment and access to new technologies, which are emerging as new tools for economic, educational, and social independence
  • Legal actions and challenges of this new pandemic reality
  • Legislative actions and policies to effect change and ensure access to quality health care for people of color.
Title:
Health Equity During the COVID-19 Pandemic Legal Implications and the Need for Policy to Effect Change
The Oliver C. Schroeder, Jr. Scholar-in-Residence Lecture 
Webinar Date+Time:
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Eastern Time
Register Now For This Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar!
Speaker:
Tammy Boyd, Chief Policy Officer & Counsel for Black Women’s Health Imperative, has extensive experience in creating and executing federal legislative policy strategy and facilitating outreach to members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Previously Ms. Boyd served as Managing Partner, for TKB Global Strategies, LLC /Watts Partners, where she successfully executed government affairs strategies through engagement of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and federal agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), and Department of Veteran Affairs.  Boyd also served as Legislative Director for Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) exercising oversight over legislative activities within the office, including tax, trade, health care (Medicare, Medicaid, and Graduate Medical Education), financial services, judiciary and energy. She was the senior staffer that drafted the legislation elevating the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities at NIH to an Institute.
Tammy is a member of the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association, American Public Health Association, and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  Boyd has been featured in USA Today (04/17); Clarion Ledger (04/17); Huffington Post (03/17); and Essence Magazine (02/2017) as one of the chief strategists that drafted the legislation that created Smithsonian National African American History & Culture Museum.  She received an M.P.H. degree from Emory University School of Public Health and a Juris Doctorate degree from American University, Washington College of Law.
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
Ohio: 1 hour of CLE credit has been approved
Other Jurisdictions: You may be able to self-apply to your credit-granting authority.
Cost:
Free and open to the public.
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