Fruit of America's Poisonous Tree: The Political Determinants of Health and Opportunities to Optimize Health
Join the GW Law Kahan Health Law Initiative in welcoming its first Distinguished Speaker, Daniel Dawes, Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He will give the presentation, "Fruit of America's Poisonous Tree: Political Determinants of Health and Opportunities to Realize Health Equity." Following his speech, Mr. Dawes will take questions from attendees. His talk will draw from his recently published book The Political Determinants of Health.
A link to participate in this online event will be sent to registrants shortly before the event.
About Mr. Dawes
Daniel E. Dawes, a widely respected scholar, researcher, educator, and leader in the health equity, health reform, and mental health movements, is director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and a professor of health law, policy, and management. He is also the co-founder of the Health Equity Leadership and Exchange Network (HELEN), which is a nationwide network of over 2000 governmental and non-governmental leaders, researchers, and scholars focused on bolstering leadership and the exchange of research, information, and solutions to advance evidence-based health equity-focused policies and programs.
Mr. Dawes’s research focuses on the determinants or drivers of health inequities among under-resourced, vulnerable, and marginalized communities and is the pioneer of a new approach to examining inequities, the political determinants of health. He brings a forward-thinking, inclusive, and multidisciplinary approach to health policy, authoring two groundbreaking books, 150 Years of Obamacare and The Political Determinants of Health, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, which have received critical acclaim and rave reviews.
Mr. Dawes is an elected fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and serves or served on several boards, commissions, and councils focused on improving health outcomes and elevating health equity in the United States and around the world, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Federal Advisory Committee on Health Disparities, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights - Health and Human Rights Institute Advisory Committee, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Policies for Action National Advisory Committee, the National Football League/National Football League Players Association’s National Committee on the Racial Disparities of COVID-19, the National Medical Fellowships Primary Care Leadership Program’s National Advisory Committee, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health National Advisory Council, the Healthcare Georgia Foundation Board of Directors, the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities Board of Directors, the National League of Cities National Advisory Board, the CDC Foundation’s Community COVID Coalition Advisory Group, and the Children’s Mental Health Network National Advisory Council.
He is the recipient of several national awards and recognition, including the American Public Health Association’s Award for Significant Contribution to Public Health, the American Psychological Association’s Exceptional Leadership in Advocacy Award, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Health Equity Champion Award, the National Medical Association’s Louis Stokes Health Advocacy Award, Families USA Health Equity Advocate Award, the NMQF Minority Health Leader Award, Presented the Key to the City of St. Petersburg, Florida for national leadership advancing health equity, the Gift of Life MOTTEP Healthcare Vanguard Award, and the Caribbean Exploratory Research Center of Excellence Service Award.