Welcome to our master class with Keosha T. Bond, EdD, MPH, CHES. Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine at CUNY School of Medicine, Dr. Bond has centered her work on the complex intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and racial equity among marginalized populations. In this episode, she discusses her award-winning research that highlights the impact of colorism on the healthcare Black women receive, the Black maternal mortality crisis, and her work training the next generation of health care providers to understand implicit bias, racism, structural inequality, and how these factors impact health outcomes.

Learn more about Dr. Bond
https://www.drkeoshabond.com/

Dr. Bond's Book Recommendations

Pleasure Activism, The Politics of Feeling Good
adrienne maree brown
https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html

Good Sex: Stories, Science, and Strategies for Sexual Liberation
Candice Nicole Hargons, PhD
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Good-Sex/Candice-Nicole-Hargons-PhD/9781955905794

The American Cancer Society recently released new guidelines for cervical cancer screening that include HPV testing with self collected samples. In this episode, we talk to Rebecca Perkins, MD, MSc, from Tufts University Medical School about what's different in these new guidelines and how HPV testing with self collection can help get more women screened.

Resources

• American Cancer Society Updated Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
• Information for patients on HPV screening with self collected sample (from ASHA)
• HPV Self collection infographic (from ASHA)