NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series

Ali H. Mokdad, PhD, presents “Disparities in Life Expectancy” at the next National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Director’s Seminar Series on Thursday, March 11 from 1:30 to 3pm (CT). Dr. Mokdad is a professor of health metrics sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and chief strategy officer for Population Health at the University of Washington. As a public health researcher, he has published groundbreaking work on local-level disease trends and some of the leading risk factors for poor health. During this talk, Dr. Mokdad will define life expectancy disparities by county race/ethnicity in the U.S., examine COVID-19 mortality by race/ethnicity in the U.S., and discuss drivers of health disparities. Click HERE to learn more and access the videocast link.