Dr. Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology, has been interviewed by David Goodman of Vermont Conversation in “Who lives and who dies? Harvard epidemiologist Nancy Krieger on health disparities, COVID-19 & ‘our common humanity’”.
About the Podcast Episode
The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions of people around the country and the world, but the rates of death among low-income and minority communities is disproportionately high. Why? Dr. Nancy Krieger, Professor of Social Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is an internationally recognized social epidemiologist who has been an activist and scholar on social justice, science, and health. She discusses how social factors, including racism, poverty, and where you live and work, often determine who lives and who dies when health crises hit. (May 20, 2020 broadcast)
