Author Archives: Sharla Smith, Michelle Redmond, Jason Glenn

About Sharla Smith, Michelle Redmond, Jason Glenn

Dr. Jason E. Glenn’s areas of research specialty include health inequities, mass incarceration, the history of drug policy in the U.S., and the ethics and history of human subject research. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine and a Research Education and Training co-coordinator as part of the University of Kansas Medical Center’s Research Institute.

The Uncertainty of Black Pregnant Women and COVID-19 Vaccines

By | October 7, 2021
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In March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed COVID-19 as a pandemic. More than 18 months later, the nation has yet to return to ‘normal’. Hope for normalcy increased with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the months that followed. Reluctance and resistance to vaccination, however, have made it difficult to… Read More »

Broken Trust and Cancer Prevention

By | June 23, 2021
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The pandemic has familiarized us all with the phrase “medical mistrust,” often framing those who have it as being irrational or uninformed.  Oft ignored is the biomedical community’s long legacy of broken trust.  Addressing cancer-related inequities will require health professionals to make concerted efforts to repair that broken trust. Cancer and Broken Trust People of… Read More »