Author Archives: Candice Chen and Patricia Pittman

About Candice Chen and Patricia Pittman

Health workforce equity researcher and practicing primary care pediatrician at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

COVID-19 and Health Workforce Equity

COVID-19 has uncovered and multiplied health workforce equity challenges across the US. In the early days of the pandemic, healthcare workers faced incredible personal risk from an unknown, highly contagious, deadly disease. Insufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) and reprimand and dismissal by employers for speaking out worsened this risk. As waves of COVID-19 swept across… Read More »