In this program, a panel of experts addresses the impact of racism on health. Luisa N. Borrell, Gilbert C. Gee, Katrina Walters, and David R. Williams examine discrimination's effect on the healthcare system. Stephanie Crayton moderates.

Covered topics include:

• Racial Discrimination in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults;
• Discrimination and the Health of Asian Americans;
• Historical Trauma, Discrimination, Health Risks, and Outcomes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives; and
• Racism and Health: Understanding Multiple Pathways.

This program is from the 13th Annual Summer Public Health Research video conference from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Minority Health Project.

UNC-Chapel Hill's annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference is a unique forum that enables experts in the area of health disparities to reach an audience of several hundred researchers, educators, administrators, practitioners, and students throughout the U.S. Initiated in 1995, its aims include the identification and reduction of barriers to conducting health research in minority communities. Read more on the UNC website.