Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions

09/09/2025

🚨 HCHDS Investigator Pilot Grant Program Call for Proposals 2026 - 2027 🚨
We are inviting applications for the 2026–2027 Early Stage Investigator Pilot Grant Awards.
💻https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-health-disparities-solutions/training/idc-pilot-program
The deadline for submission is Monday, December 1, 2025, at 5:00 PM ET.

08/27/2025

📢 Share Your Medicare Experience

We are conducting a research study to better understand the experiences of Black and African American Medicare beneficiaries in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

We want to hear from Medicare enrollees ages 65–70 about what matters most when choosing a plan—what worked, what didn’t, and how the process can be improved.

Participants will receive a $25 gift card for their time.

Contact information:

MAstudy.JHU@gmail.com

301-356-6097

Together, we can help ensure Medicare Advantage plans meet the needs of the communities they serve.

07/29/2025

📣 Are you or someone you know 65–70 years old, Black or African American, located in Baltimore City or Prince George’s County, and enrolled in a Medicare Advantage (Part C) plan?

We want to hear your story!

🗓 July 30, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Greater Beulah Baptist Church
6056 Central Ave, Capitol Heights, MD 20743
🎁 Participants receive a $25 gift card and light meal

We’re conducting a 90-minute group discussion to better understand how Black Medicare beneficiaries choose their health plans — and how we can improve access, equity, and support.

📬 To participate or learn more: MAstudy.JHU@gmail.com | 301-356-6097
Principal Investigator: Dr. Darrell J. Gaskin

07/29/2025

📣 Calling all Medicare Advantage (Part C) beneficiaries in Baltimore City or Prince George’s County!

We are conducting a vital study focused on how Black Medicare beneficiaries choose their health plans — and we need your voice.

🔍 Who: Black/African American Medicare Advantage members (ages 65–67)
🗓 When: August 4, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Where: Ark Church, 1263 E North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202

Why participate?
• Share your story in a 90-minute group discussion
• Help improve healthcare access and equity
• Receive a $25 gift card and a light meal

Your lived experience can help shape future policies and support for Medicare users across the country. Let your voice be heard.

📞 Questions or would like to participate? Contact us at 301-356-6097 or MAstudy.JHU@gmail.com
Principal Investigator: Dr. Darrell J. Gaskin

02/14/2025

Join us for the second session of our 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 on research methods and data approaches for advancing health equity!

We welcome MIT Professor Mariana Arcaya for a workshop entitled "𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: 𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺."

📆Thursday, February 27
⏲️12:15-1:20 PM ET
🏢Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Wolfe Street Building (Room W4030)

We look forward to your participation in this valuable session on advancing health equity through innovative research methods. Lunch will be provided.

To join us virtually, please email eanimas1@jhmi.edu

02/04/2025

Meet Dr. Ashley B. Gripper, HPRS alum (Cohort 2018) who's amplifying the urban agriculture movement in Philadelphia through community-rooted research.

Read her story here: https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/cultivating-justice/

Learn how to apply for the next HPRS cohort! https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/how-to-apply/



[Image: Julie Albertson]

02/04/2025

There are various strategies it takes to keep a safety net hospital financially stable. Check out this article below that addresses this conversation.
Dr. Gaskin is featured.

Are these hospitals destined to always struggle, no matter who is at the helm?

10/08/2024

Dr. Gaskin is featured in this article discussing the implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling on Affirmative Action and the decline of Black and Latino students entering medical schools.
Read more ⬇️
https://gwhatchet.com/2024/10/07/black-and-latino-doctors-more-likely-to-treat-medicaid-patients-study/

07/21/2024

"If we want health equity, we can’t stay home in November."
Powerful words spoken by our Center Director, Dr. Darrell Gaskin. Check out his commentary in the Baltimore Sun ⬇️
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/21/progressives-cant-afford-to-stay-home-in-november/

06/01/2024

Speaker Spotlight: Nicholas Meyerson, PhD of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Don't miss this pivotal opportunity to join the conversation and be part of the solution to one of our most pressing social challenges.

Register ⬇️

https://lnkd.in/eHQa4bb3

05/31/2024

Join us at the Health Opportunities for Policy Equity (HOPE) Challenge's last and fourth Forum: "Promoting Health Equity by Reducing Gun Violence in Communities of Color," taking place on Tuesday, June 4th, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Register ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/eHQa4bb3

05/22/2024

Our Director Dr. Darrell Gaskin and Black Women's Health Imperative director Kanika Harris, PhD, MPH visited with FOX 5 DC to discuss Black maternal health.

Register for this Friday's event surrounding this important topic.

https://lnkd.in/eyJthJUS