August 15, 2024
The MMA will present a virtual forum on “Trauma-Informed Care: An Approach to Advancing Health Equity” from noon to 1 pm on Wednesday, September 18.
The experience of systemic racism is a source of trauma. This forum will explore how providers can provide trauma-informed care that promotes equity and healing.
The session will feature subject matter experts Marie Nutter, BSN, RN, CNOR and Viann Nguyen-Feng, Pd.D., MPH. It will be moderated by Maria Svetaz, MD, MPH, who authored one of the first-ever racism and health position papers for any national academy.
The forum objectives include:
Understand how racism is a source of trauma that can impact health outcomes.
Recognize how race-related trauma can impact health behaviors and interactions with health care.
Identify ways that physicians can use trauma-informed care to advance health equity
To register for the free event, click here.
Thank you to our forum sponsor: COPIC.
August 28, 2025
The apparent removal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Susan Monarez, PhD, after just weeks on the job, further imperils the work of the CDC and the health of Americans. Her removal was followed by the resignations of other senior leaders at the CDC, who have accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of undermining scientific recommendations for vaccines.
August 26, 2025
University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham, MD, will speak at the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Learning & Connection event on Friday, September 26, from 4 to 9 pm, at the historic Hewing Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
August 26, 2025
America's physicians are seeing a rise in misinformation and disinformation from patients these days, and it’s impacting patient care, according to a new study from the Physicians Foundation.