Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine | Alum | Study cardiovascular health equity and #SDOH | Opinions mine
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The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds
Nytimes.com 97d 17 tweets
A Harvard researcher added up the number of years that Americans who died from Covid-19 might have lived had they reached a typical life expectancy.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “These are everyday people who are dying...They’re losing time with their kids, their grandkids, their opportunities to build their futures.” Looking past the data to what the last 7 months have meant to our country. #HealthEquity #COVID19 96d
Examining the Potential Impact of Race Multiplier Utilization in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculation on African-American Care Outcomes
Journal of General Internal Medicine 103d 2 tweets
Advancing health equity entails reducing disparities in care. African-American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have poorer outcomes, including dialysis access placement and transplantation. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)...
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH New important work by my fam & team in . "Considering the evidence of this unfavorable impact on care delivery for African-Americans, use of the eGFR race correction factor needs to be reconsidered..." 102d
Taking Black Pain Seriously | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 140d 2 tweets
Points of View from The New England Journal of Medicine — Taking Black Pain Seriously
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH "I hesitated to speak up because I didn’t know how hard I would have to push, what impression that would leave on the team, or how it would affect my clerkship grade. But I recognized that Black patients deserve to be heard by every health professional..." 110d
Restoring the American Dream will make America healthier
TheHill 111d 4 tweets
As in medicine, policies of opportunity deserve to be tried and, if they work, scaled-up to benefit all Americans.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “As with individual patients, restoring the American Dream and America’s health will depend not only on using proven treatments, but also on identifying new treatments.” Hope you take the time to read most recent op-ed in . 111d
Faculty Diversity Dashboard
Diversity.pitt.edu 112d 1 tweets
Drop-down filters are available on each dashboard that allow users to view data for a specific subgroup of interest. To filter the data, select the down arrow to see the available filter options and select the subgroup of interest. Select “Revert”...
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH I was recently asked if I think the definition for “underrepresented in medicine” was too narrow. With 50 (2%) Black faculty and 72 (3%) Hispanic faculty in the School of Medicine, I would argue there should be little concern around this definition. 1/ 112d
Poll: Majorities of Latino, Black, and Native American households across the U.S. report facing serious financial problems during the coronavirus outbreak
News 125d 1 tweets
At least four in ten Latino, Black, and Native American households report using up all or most of their household savings during this time. For immediate release: September 16, 2020 Boston, MA – Ac…
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “According to a new poll, majorities of Latino (72%), Black (60%), and Native American (55%) households across the U.S. report facing serious financial problems during the #COVID19 outbreak...” Link: #HealthEquity 125d
Why black Americans are more likely to be vegan
BBC News 138d 4 tweets
African Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan than white Americans.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “But nowhere has the vegan diet taken off more than in the African-American community. According to Pew Research Center survey, 8% of Black Americans are strict vegans or vegetarians, compared to just 3% of the general of the population.” Here for it. 🥗 133d
No Scientific Basis for Race Bias Found by World Panel of Experts; RACIAL BIAS FOUND INVALID BY PANEL Group Drafting Report
Nytimes.com 134d 1 tweets
World experts study made under UNESCO auspices finds no biological cause for banning interracial marriage
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “The findings of an international panel of experts have provided evidence that there was no scientific justification for race discrimination. Members of the panel agreed that race was less a biological fact than a social myth.” NY Times. July 18, 1950. 134d
Statistics of Insanity in the United States | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 135d 1 tweets
Original and Selected Communications from The New England Journal of Medicine — Statistics of Insanity in the United States
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH If history has taught us anything, it is that scientists will attempt to use every strategy to “prove” that it is not racism. “Slavery has a wonderful influence on the development of moral faculties & intellectual powers.” -Dr. Edward Jarvis. NEJM. 1842. 135d
Taking My Children to See Frederick Douglass
Clint Smith - The Atlantic 172d 7 tweets
How a visit to his birthplace helped me understand this moment of rage, reckoning, and possibility
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “We are sometimes asked, in the name of patriotism, to forget the merits of this fearful struggle, and to remember, with equal admiration, those who struck at the nation’s life, those who fought for slavery, and those who fought for liberty & justice.” 3/ 141d
The Mythology of Racial Progress
The Atlantic 183d 53 tweets
Believing that things are always getting better actually makes them worse.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “2020 has not been a good one for America’s “master narrative” in any of its traditional forms. It has exposed, at least momentarily, the narrative of racial progress—automatic, continuous, requiring little real effort—for the myth it has always been.” 1/ 141d
When Actions Speak Louder Than Words — Racism and Sickle Cell Disease | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 147d 12 tweets
Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — When Actions Speak Louder Than Words — Racism and Sickle Cell Disease
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “We need to analyze the role of racism in the persistence of discordant resource allocation. Funders, lawmakers, advocates & health care leaders need to work together to reverse the impact of years of structural racism on SCD funding, research & policy.” 146d
The Performance of “Antiracism” Curricula | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 154d 16 tweets
Points of View from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Performance of “Antiracism” Curricula
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “Until antiracism is seen not merely as new information to learn but as a continual practice of (un)learning, it joins a long list of actions that have only delayed examination of institutions themselves.” 148d
Dermatology Has a Problem With Skin Color
Nytimes.com 149d 21 tweets
Common conditions often manifest differently on dark skin. Yet physicians are trained mostly to diagnose them on white skin.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “Pattern recognition is central to dermatology, and a lot of the pattern recognition is training your eye to recognize certain colors... If you’re only trained to look at something in one color, you won’t recognize it in another.” - ⁩ 149d
'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds
NPR.org 151d 3 tweets
A century of U.S. statistics finds mortality rates and life expectancy were much worse for Black Americans during pre-pandemic years than they have been for white people during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH Got to speak with . "So what are the things that we think are unimaginable that would address racism that we have to similarly say, we have no choice but to do this because the scale of death that's resulting is unacceptable?" [email protected] 151d
Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health
The Clinical Problem Solvers 153d 3 tweets
We invite scholars and antiracist activists, Drs. Rhea Boyd and Rachel Hardeman, to discuss the meaning of structural racism, the health impacts of police violence, the “say her name” movement, and the ways we can ensure our country's current...
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH After Eric Garner’s death I spent much of 2nd year of residency looking for the words. This time is different. 🙏🏾 to share our convo w. and in our 1st Antiracism in Medicine podcast: Racism, Police Violence and Health. Link: 153d
Assessment of COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Race/Ethnicity in 12 States
Jamanetwork.com 162d 4 tweets
This cohort study uses data from a COVID-19 tracking project to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 infection by race/ethnicity in 12 US states.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH "...hospitalizations among Black patients exceeded the percentage of their proportion of the state population in all 12 states. In 10 states, the percentage of hospitalizations for Hispanic patients was ⬆️ than their proportion of the state population." 161d
Search Results
Jamanetwork.com 966d 3 tweets
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH Today's #TBT is a s/o to Dr. Kimberly Manning (). 👊🏾 Her post this week about her sister not only moved me to tears but moved me to learn that she has been out here writing LONG before her magical Twitter threads. 🔥 Take some time to read! 166d
COVID-19 race and ethnicity data reporting still a challenge in many states, including Pa., N.J.
The Philadelphia Inquirer - https://www.inquirer.com 169d 1 tweets
Critical race and ethnicity data for COVID-19 cases is still under-reported in many states, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH Latest from on our recent JGIM publication examining racial and ethnic disparities in #COVID19 mortality. cc 169d
The Pandemic Has Intensified Systemic Economic Racism Against Black Americans
The New Yorker 180d 9 tweets
Without bold government action, many African-Americans will have an especially hard time recovering from the recession.
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Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH “A study found that the Black homeownership rate was 41.8% in 2017, compared to 71.9% rate for whites. That gap is the largest it has been in 50 years, and is even wider than it was when racial discrimination against Black homebuyers was still legal.” 172d