Description:

Registration required.

Hosted by the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) at Northwestern University.

Dr. Paquette will discuss disparities in research engagement by minority populations, reviewing the historical context to which disparate participation is commonly attributed. She will specifically describe engagement of pediatric minority populations as distinct from adults. Finally, she will consider the ethical implications of differential engagement in research in the context of strategies such as mandatory vaccination in public health emergencies.

Guest:
Erin Paquette, MD, JD, MBe
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Law, by courtesy, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Attending Physician, Division of Critical Care Medicine and Chair, Ethics Advisory Board, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Erin Paquette is an Assistant Professor in the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (by courtesy). She is also an attending physician in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Chair of the Ethics Advisory Board and Associate Director of Clinical and Organizational Ethics at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She is a Pediatric Critical Care and Trauma Scientist Development Program Scholar and an inaugural Access to Justice Scholar with the American Bar Foundation. Her primary academic interests include research, advocacy, and policy development that reduces health disparities, addresses bias, racism, and other structural determinants of health and promotes social justice.

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