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
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.