Discrimination – A Public Health Threat: A Conversation with Commissioner Mary T. Bassett

CUNY SPH is proud to co-sponsor: DISCRIMINATION – A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER MARY TRAVIS BASSETT September 12 | 5pm-7pm | CUNY School of Law | RSVP Mary Travis Bassett has been the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since January 2014. She is a national and international expert on public health. In November 2015, Commissioner Bassett gave a TEDMED talk, ‚ÄúWhy your doctor should care about social justice,‚Äù about witnessing the AIDS epidemic firsthand in Zimbabwe and setting up a clinic to treat and educate people about the virus. She approaches public health with a particular focus on social justice, health inequities and structural racism. Commissioner Bassett will make an hour long presentation, which will be followed by a Q & A session with students in the Health Practice Clinic and a reception. For moreinformation about Commissioner Bassett, her publications and additional background reading, consult CUNY Law library resources: http://libguides.law.cuny.edu/content.php?pid=711557 Co-sponsored by the Health Law Practice Clinic, Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, Center for Latino and Latina Rights and Equality (CLORE), the Center for Diversity in the Legal Profession and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy “