Literature Resources

Journal Articles 

  • Wheeler SE, Peck Palmer OM, Greene DN, Park JY, Winston-McPherson G, Amukele TK, and Pérez-Stable EJ. Examining Laboratory Medicine’s Role in Eliminating Health Disparities. Clinical Chemistry, Volume 66, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1266–1271, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvaa174
  • Wheeler SE, Hasskamp JH, and Peck Palmer OM. Recognizing Laboratory Medicine's Collaborative Role in Identifying and Eliminating Health Disparities. J Appl Lab Med. 2021. 6(1):274-284. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfaa143.
  • Vyas DA, Eisenstein LG, and Jones DS. Hidden in Plain Sight — Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms. NEJM. 2020, 383:9, 874-882.10.1056/NEJMms2004740
  • Pierre CC, Greene D, Delaney S, Lockwood CM, and Peck Palmer OM. Reconsidering the use of race adjustments in maternal serum screening. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2023.06.018.
  • Hoffman KM, Trawalter S, Axt JR, Oliver MN. Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Apr 19;113(16):4296-301. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516047113
  • Skiba, J.H., Bansal, A.D., Palmer, O.M.P. et al. Case Report: Clinical Consequences of Adjusting Estimated GFR for Black Race. J Gen Intern Med 37, 958–961 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07179-5.
  • Delgado C, Baweja M, Crews DC, Eneanya ND, Gadegbeku CA, Inker LA, Mendu ML, Miller WG, Moxey-Mims MM, Roberts GV, St. Peter WL, Warfield C, Powe NR.  A unifying approach for GFR estimation: recommendations of the NKF-ASN task force on reassessing the inclusion of race in diagnosing kidney disease. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.08.003.
  • Eneanya, N.D., Boulware, L.E., Tsai, J. et al. Health inequities and the inappropriate use of race in nephrology. Nat Rev Nephrol 18, 84–94 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-021-00501-8
  • Richmond II SP and Grubbs V.How Abolition of Race-Based Medicine Is Necessary to American Health Justice. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(3):E226-232. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.226.
  • Grubbs V. Precision in GFR Reporting: Let’s Stop Playing the Race Card. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020;15(8):1201-1202. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00690120
  • Hsiao CJ, Patel AGM, Fasanya HO, Stoffel MR, Beal SG, Winston-McPherson GN, Campbell ST, Cotton SW, Crews BO, Kuan K, Lapedis CJ, Mathias PC, Peck Palmer OM, Greene DN. The Lines That Held Us: Assessing Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Testing. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2021, Pages 1143–1154, https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfab059
  • Lilley CM and Mirza KM. Critical role of pathology and laboratory medicine in the conversation surrounding access to healthcare. Journal of Medical Ethics 2023;49:148-152.
  • Lilley CM, Delille M, Mirza KM, and Parilla M. Toward A More Just System Of Care In Molecular Pathology. Milbank Quarterly, 2022, 100: 1192-1242. Https://Doi.Org/10.1111/1468-0009.12587
  • Pierre CC and Peck Palmer OM. Championing the Removal of Race-Specific Medians in Maternal Serum Screening. Clinical Laboratory News. May 1, 2023  Championing the Removal of Race-Specific Medians in Maternal Serum Screening | myADLM.org (aacc.org)
  • Pierre CC. The Past, Present, and Future of Race in Medicine: A more nuanced understanding of the connection between race and health could be the key to equitable care. Clinical Laboratory News. March 1, 2023.  The Past, Present, and Future of Race in Medicine | myADLM.org (aacc.org)
  • Gary-Webb TL, Van Dyke C, Abrams K, et al. An Equity Response to COVID-19 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: The Development and Work of the Black Equity Coalition. Health Promotion Practice. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/15248399221133726
  • Zil Goldstein and others, When Gender Identity Doesn't Equal Sex Recorded at Birth: The Role of the Laboratory in Providing Effective Healthcare to the Transgender Community, Clinical Chemistry, Volume 63, Issue 8, 1 August 2017, Pages 1342–1352, https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2016.258780

Additional Resources

CDC: Health Equity - Office of Health Equity - CDC

CMS: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/health-equity-facthttps://www.cms.gov/files/document/health-equity-fact-sheet.pdf