Health Equity Champion Karey Sutton, Ph.D., to Join MedStar Health as Head of Health Equity Research
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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Health welcomes Karey Sutton, Ph.D. as the new scientific director of health equity research for the MedStar Health Research Institute. Dr. Sutton comes to MedStar Health after close to a decade with the American Association of Medical Colleges where she was instrumental in launching the AAMC Center for Health Justice, an effort dedicated to advocating for community-centered research to address health disparities in academic medicine. Her first day will be April 11, 2022.
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- WASHINGTON, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Health welcomes Karey Sutton, Ph.D. as the new scientific director of health equity research for the MedStar Health Research Institute .
- "The opportunity to integrate health equity research into an academic health system like MedStar Health, a system that serves a growing and incredibly diverse region like ours, is one that I couldn't pass up."
- Most importantly, Dr. Sutton's work will continue to build the evidence base for real-world solutions for advancing health equity within MedStar Health and beyond.
- As the medical education and clinical partner of Georgetown University, MedStar Health is training future physician leaders to care for the whole person and is advancing care through the MedStar Health Research Institute.