Samuel P. Martin, III, MD Memorial Lecture with Tara Lagu, MD, MPH

Identifying and Addressing Disparities in Care for People with Disabilities
Open to Penn affiliates

12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. ET October 17, 2024 In-Person Event

Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk

There are more than 60 million Americans with disabilities and many face barriers to accessing medical care and experience disparities in outcomes. Dr. Lagu will describe findings from more than a decade of work focused on understanding the mechanisms that lead to disparities for this population and will explore potential solutions

This event is co-hosted with the Division of General Internal Medicine and the National Clinician Scholars Program.

Please note: In-person attendance at this event is preferred. Virtual access will be provided to registrants who are unable to be on campus.


Speaker

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH

Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) – Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research; Professor, Medicine (Hospital Medicine), Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH is a pharmacist, hospitalist, and health services researcher with a focus on using innovative methods to improve quality of care, access to care, and coordination of care for vulnerable patients, including patients with heart failure and patients with disabilities. With expertise in measurement of health care delivery quality, observational comparative effectiveness, implementation science, qualitative, and mixed methods, she has conducted studies that aim to increase implementation of evidence-based practice, advance health equity, improve population health, and reduce health disparities.