Keith Wailoo

Wood Professor Event & Request: April 28

This year's Wood Professor is Dr. Keith Wailoo. Save the date for Dr. Wailoo's public lecture on the evening of April 28. We are also working to arrange a student session during the day with Dr. Wailoo.

Dr. Wailoo is Director of the Center for Race and Ethnicity, Professor of History, and jointly appointed in the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. He is the author of several books examining how patterns of disease change over time in America, and focusing especially on the ways in which scientific and technological understandings have interacted with health care politics, racial and ethnic relations, and cultural politics to inform responses to disease in the 20th century and into the 21st century.

As part of this event, we are putting together a handout that highlights PPOL students' research on issues related to health policy and or racial/ethnic inequalities. While at UMB, have you done any research focused on either of those areas? Please let us know by April 14 so we can include you in the handout! Your research can be completed or ongoing. Email the following information to publicpolicyforum AT gmail DOT com:

• Title of Project/Publication


• Your name and any co-authors. Identify if any are UMB faculty/staff/students.


• 1-3 sentence description.


• Focus on health policy and/or racial/ethnic inequalities?