Best Practices for Inclusive Messaging: What Should Leaders Say in Times of Crises?

Dr. Gipson received a BS in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Biotechnology from Yale University and an MD from Case Western Reserve University with Honors with Distinction in Research. During medical school, she received an MPH in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan. She completed postgraduate training in Emergency Medicine (EM) at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and a Health Policy Fellowship at George Washington University. Dr. Gipson views her path through EM through the lens of diversity, inclusion, and health equity as forms of justice. 

Dr. Kamna Balhara, MD, MA, FACEP, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) at Johns Hopkins and an Associate Director of the EM Residency Program at Johns Hopkins. After obtaining a Master’s degree in French Cultural Studies from Columbia University, she completed medical school and residency at Johns Hopkins, serving as chief resident.

Dr. Balhara is an innovator in the health humanities and has experience with implementing humanities curricula for medical students, residents, and faculty from across specialties. She is a founder and co-director of the Health Humanities at Hopkins EM initiative, which offers social justice and humanities-based programming to institution, community, and national audiences. She also directs a unique longitudinal interdisciplinary institution-wide health equity and humanities track for residents and fellows across Johns Hopkins. She has been invited to speak to national audiences on the humanities in medicine and was selected as a Harvard Macy Institute Art Museum-Based Health Professions Education Fellow. Her scholarly interests revolve around equity and inclusion in clinical and learning environments. She has authored multiple publications on GME, humanities, social determinants of health, and disparities in healthcare access, and has developed tools and resources for other educators seeking to apply the humanities towards equity in healthcare and health professions education. Her work has been funded by the AAMC, the Josiah Macy Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Emergency Medicine Foundation. She serves on the steering committee for the national Health Humanities Consortium, is chair of the DEI committee of the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine, chair of the education subcommittee of SAEM's Equity and Inclusion committee, and is a member of the editorial board of the journal Academic Emergency Medicine.