Harvard School of Public Health
  • Quicklinks
    • About the School
    • Academics
    • Admissions
    • Research
    • Faculty
    • Student Life
    • News
    • Alumni
    • Frontiers
    • Make A Gift
Menu
Search
Bridging science and policy decision-making.
The Forum at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Skip to content
  • We launched a new webpage. Find out more.
  • Past events
  • About

The Coronavirus Pandemic
Serious Impacts on Minority Communities in U.S. Cities

Summary

The Coronavirus Pandemic: Serious Impacts on Minority Communities in U.S. Cities
Presented jointly with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Watch on YouTube

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, we can begin to measure the devastating impact on Americans. From crippling financial blows to deaths and illnesses, Americans are foundering. And no groups have been more affected than minority communities, who were already disproportionately burdened by wage gaps and chronic illnesses before the pandemic. This Forum examined these differences and considered approaches in the next six months that could help minority communities. As background, The Forum drew on results from a recent poll, The Impact of Coronavirus on Households Across America, conducted by NPR, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard Chan School.

Part of: Coronavirus Pandemic Series.

Presented jointly with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and NPR

Image Credit: iStock: Melpomenem

Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit

Post navigation

← The Coronavirus Pandemic The Coronavirus Pandemic →

Moderator

Joe Neel
Deputy Senior Supervising Editor and a Correspondent on the Science Desk, NPR

Expert Participants

Robert Blendon
Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Emeritus, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Barbara Ferrer
Director, Department of Public Health, County of Los Angeles

Howard Koh
Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as Faculty Chair of the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

David Williams
Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Ngozi Ezike
Illinois Director of Public Health

Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
+1 (617) 495-1000
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • iTunes
  • Harvard Chan Home
  • Contact Us
  • Harvard University Home
  • Make a Gift
  • Privacy Policy
  • Report Copyright Violation
  • Accessibility
Copyright © 2023 The President and Fellows of Harvard College