Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President and Rosh Yeshiva | Yeshiva University
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President and Rosh Yeshiva | Yeshiva University
Mary Beth Morrissey, PhD, JD, chaired the statewide New York State Bar Association Health Law Section Fall Meeting Program on October 21st in Saratoga. The meeting focused on maternal health and the issues of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Dr. Morrissey led a panel of five members that discussed the history of racism in the United States, ongoing racial inequities in accessing maternal health care, and research evidence showing the negative effects of private equity ownership on maternal health outcomes. She also served as guest editor for a Special Issue of the NYSBA Health Law Journal focused on maternal health. In this issue, she wrote about "Entanglements of Law, Jurisprudence, and Science and Their Contributions to Structural Racism and Disparate Treatment in Black Maternal Health."
Additionally, Dr. Morrissey presented at the State Society on Aging of New York Conference on September 30th. Her presentation titled “Health Equity: From Birthing to Brain Health to Palliative Care” addressed life-course health inequities among black women.
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