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Evidence for Action (E4A) and Race Forward recently had the pleasure of hosting an incredibly dynamic and thought-provoking discussion between Drs. Thomas A. LaVeist, Assata-Nicole Richards, and George Ayala moderated by our very own Dr.

We think of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lens as the commitment to incorporate DEI principles and practices into the environments in which we work and the knowledge that we produce.

Policymakers, administrators, and other decision makers need high quality evidence about the effects – both positive and negative – of policy and programming options to make well-informed decisions about how to target resources aimed at advancing health and racial equity.

Data is at the heart of quantitative public health research. We spend our days analyzing the relationship between exposures and outcomes to figure out what makes people healthier.

At E4A, we’re constantly thinking about change: the relationship between changes – how health outcomes change in response to policy or practice changes – how to measure those changes, and how to account for other things that are changing at the same time (one type of confounding).

It is a truth universally acknowledged that 2020 has been the year we couldn’t be happier to say farewell to and leave behind. The only constant to life is change, and we certainly hope that is true for 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns, and restrictions have forced researchers and evaluators to shift from traditional in-person data collection, as face-to-face interviews and observations are, in many instances, not allowable, too risky, or not ethical.

Reporting of health disparities and the unequal burden of COVID-19 began early in the epidemic in both the popular and scientific press.