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Air date:	Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:30:00 AM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 278 (155 Live, 123 On-demand)
Category:	Special
Runtime:	01:01:19
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Description:	Dr. Benjamin Cook

NLM Title:	Building a learning health community to reduce inequities in mental health treatment and outcomes / Benjamin Lê Cook.
Author:	Cook, Benjamin. National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Health Disparities Interest Group,
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Abstract:	Dr. Benjamin Lê Cook is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and Director of the Health Equity Research Lab at Cambridge Health Alliance. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University and an M.P.H. in Health Behavior and Health Education from UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Cook is a health services researcher focused on improving quality of life, and access and quality of treatment for individuals living with mental illness and substance use disorder. His work tracks health care disparities in the U.S. and the impacts of health reform on disparities, seeks to understand the impact of systemic and interpersonal discrimination on the health and healthcare of community members, and evaluates the impact of hospital-based interventions on health equity. He is PI of the NIMH P50 Alacrity Center for Early Screening and Treatment of at-Risk Youth (the eSToRY Center). His other NIH, AHRQ- and foundation-funded research tracks health care disparities in the U.S., the impacts of provider payment reform on disparities, and evaluates the impact of health care system-based interventions on health equity. As Director of the Health Equity Research Lab, he mentors trainees in health disparities and health system evaluation, and oversees research on criminal justice and mental health, transgender health, opioid use treatment evaluation, integrated behavioral health care, and the promotion of community-engaged research partnerships.
Subjects:	Community Mental Health Services Health Inequities United States
Publication Types:	Webcast

NLM Classification:	WM 30.6 AA1
NLM ID:	9918916891506676
CIT Live ID:	54939
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54939

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