The Racial Equity Data Road Map.

The Activist Lab is hosting epidemiologists from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to present their Racial Equity Data Road Map (https://www.mass.gov/service-details/racial-equity-data-road-map) to the BU Research community.

This collection of guiding questions, tools, and resources was developed to be used in eliminating structural racism by assisting programs in taking concrete steps to better identify, understand, and act to address racial inequities.

Presenters:

Sarah Lederberg Stone, PhD, MPH

Sarah Lederberg Stone earned her MPH in 2005 and her PhD in Epidemiology in 2014 from the Boston University School of Public Health. After completing an Applied Epidemiology Fellowship through the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists in MCH in 2016, she joined the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, working in the Division of MCH Research and Analysis for the Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition. As a senior-level epidemiologist, Dr. Stone has a lead role in data collection, complex analysis, interpretation, and dissemination for the Massachusetts WIC Program (the USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children), the Growth and Nutrition Program, and state breastfeeding initiatives, with an emphasis on using data to improve and promote racial equity in health.

Christine Silva, MPH

Christine Silva received a B.A from Boston University and an MPH from the Boston University School of Public Health, is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She is an Epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and serves as the Director of the Massachusetts Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program. Ms. Silva is responsible for all operational aspects of Massachusetts MIECHV including program operations, implementation, and adherence to federal grant and reporting requirements. She is charged with demonstrating program effectiveness and measuring the impact of services for statewide evidence-based home visiting models.