“Dr. Uche Blackstock, M.D., founder, and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, is a trailblazing thought-leader seeking to address inequities that greatly impact people of color – leading to poor health outcomes across the healthcare spectrum. Her organization focuses on equipping healthcare organizations and startups with the tools and strategies to provide equitable care. Beyond this, Dr. Blackstock also continues to write about and vocally advocate for the need to dismantle racism in healthcare. Thanks to Dr. Blackstock – particularly during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic – members of the Black community had a voice that they could rely on for medically-accurate information on COVID-19 transmission, vaccine, and mitigation strategies. Dr. Uche Blackstock’s passion for healthcare and justice inspires us daily in our shared mission to advance health equity, promote medically accurate health information, and engage the Black community so they can feel empowered in their health...