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DALLAS, March 11, 2021 Discriminatory housing policies that restricted the sale or purchase of homes by race in certain neighborhoods across the U.S., called redlining, which were established nearly a century ago and outlawed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, were associated with higher rates of stroke in the same neighborhoods in 2017, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association s International Stroke Conference 2021. The virtual meeting is March 17-19, 2021 and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. Differences in stroke rates, whether we are studying ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, are usually attributed to biological differences or differences in underlying conditions, said lead study author Jeffrey J. Wing, Ph.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Yet, our fin
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African American, next-gen Milwaukee philanthropists lead $2 million campaign for health equity research
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Last updated on March 5th, 2021 at 01:55 pm
Kevin Newell
When it comes to the outcomes that the
ThriveOn Collaboration is aiming to see – the elimination of health disparities in a historically underinvested part of Milwaukee – Kevin Newell says he’s “all in.”
Newell, president and CEO of
Royal Capital Group, which is developing the collaboration’s new home on King Drive, has been involved in the real estate side of the project since it was announced over two years ago.
But in a demonstration of his personal commitment to the project, he recently contributed $100,000 to a fundraising campaign in support of ThriveOn’s inaugural endowed chair in health equity research. Dr. Leonard Egede, a professor of medicine, chief of the division of general internal medicine, and director of the Center for Advancing Population Science at the Medical College of Wisco
By Jeramey Jannene - Mar 3rd, 2021 02:08 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Village of Shorewood. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
The Shorewood Village Board unanimously chose to create a $2.5 million affordable housing fund Monday evening.
“This is a good start, this is the right start,” said trustee
Warren, the first Black trustee in village history, said he was fortunate enough to move to the village with his single mother when he was a junior in high school. “Frankly, I don’t know that people would be lucky enough to have that opportunity that I have now,” said Warren, now an attorney with Northwestern Mutual.
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