In the wake of the covid pandemic, medical mistrust has amplified in the public consciousness. With many communities experiencing a history of generational injustice, implicit bias in providers, racially discordant care, disparities in healthcare access, and inadequate access to health education, we understand that current and future providers must work to promote awareness, transparency and equitable action for those we care for. With support of the WUSM Office of Diversity Programs and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we are hosting a two-part panel series on medical mistrust. The first panel will include patients and patient facing healthcare workers that can speak to personal experiences of medical mistreatment and other sources of mistrust. The second panel will feature community, regional and institutional leaders who can speak to initiatives that are planned or currently being implemented to address sources of mistrust. Our goal with these panels is to provide transparency and insight to community members into work being done to combat these issues, with the hope that this will contribute to trust building. Please see below for event information.

Recordings of this event will be available here »

Please register here for each panel.

Panel 1

September 2, 2021, 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
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Featured panelists: 

• Atara Estes, CHW-C, President of the Community Health Workers Association of Missouri
• Robin Cole, MA, Co-Chair of the St. Louis Regional Health Commission Patient Advisory Board
• Nia Sumpter, Co-Chair of the St. Louis Regional Health Commission Patient Advisory Board
• Moderated by Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier, MSW, Pipeline to Compassionate Care Project Coordinator at St. Louis Integrated Health Network

Panel 2

September 14, 2021, 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
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Featured panelists:

• Fredrick Echols, MD, Acting Director and Commissioner of Health for the City of St. Louis
• Deidre Griffith, MPH, Regional Director of Community Health at SSM Health
• Jacqueline Randolph, MBA, Executive Director of Ambulatory Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Moderated by Will Ross, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Diversity, Principal Officer for Community Partnerships and Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine

For questions, please contact Andrea Bibbs at andrea.bibbs@wustl.edu.