G. Van Greene Lecture set for March 29
Dr. Shelley White-Means, professor of economics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, will give the annual G. Van Green Lecture, centered on health disparities and inequities, on March 29.Her research focuses on health disparities facing ethnic minorities, women, the elderly, and other vulnerable populations. She has studied the labor market implications of family caregiving, how labor market disparities are associated with health insurance disparities and the labor market implications of surviving breast and prostate cancer. Her current work focuses on developing interventions to reduce racial disparities in breast health outcomes in Memphis, where racial disparities in breast cancer mortality have ranked highest in the nation. She also received funding in 2020 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study the impact of social determinants of health poverty treatment approach on low-income and Medicaid patients’ physical and mental health.
Dr. White-Means has served as executive director of the Consortium on Health Education, Economic Empowerment and Research, a community-based participatory health disparities research center that seeks to mitigate racial/ethnic inequities in health status among Memphis and the Mississippi Delta region residents. Additionally, she serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Review of Black Political Economy.
The lecture will be at the Cecil B. Day Hall auditorium at 11 a.m. The lecture is free and open to everyone.
