Where the Cloud Meets the Ground: Democratizing Health Data to Improve Community Health Equity.

Attend the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series Lecture featuring L. Ebony Boulware, M.D., M.P.H., on Thursday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m. She will discuss “Where the Cloud Meets the Ground: Democratizing Health Data to Improve Community Health Equity.”

Dr. Boulware is the Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Director of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She has devoted her scholarly career to studying mechanisms to improve the quality and equity of health care and health outcomes for patients and populations with chronic diseases, such as chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Her work investigates the influence of attitudinal, social, and environmental contexts on health and health outcomes. Dr. Boulware has published more than 150 manuscripts and has mentored numerous students, fellows, and faculty members in clinical research. She frequently engages with community members, patients, and their families, and other stakeholders, to develop and implement relevant and sustainable interventions for health improvement.

This lecture will be held virtually, is open to the public, and can be viewed through the NIH videocast system at https://videocast.nih.gov.

Questions prior to and during the seminar can be submitted to NIMHDDSS@mail.nih.gov.