Hi, everyone. This is Ashley Cooper.

Welcome back to another episode of the Anti-Racism and Medicine series of the Clinical

Problem Solvers podcast. As always, our goal in this podcast

is to equip our listeners at all levels of training with the consciousness and tools to practice

anti-racism in their health professions careers. I am thrilled to be hosting this episode today

with team members Sud and Gillette. Gillette is new to our team, so I have the honor of introducing

her today. Kirsten Tali Gillette Pierce, she they, is currently a student at John Hopkins School of Public Health,

pursuing a Master of Science in Public Health with a double concentration in maternal, fetal,

and perinatal health, in women, sexual, and reproductive health.

As an academic researcher, they focus on transnational, racial, ethnic, and gender disparities

in pregnancy-related, sexual, and reproductive health outcomes for all persons with gynaecologic organs,

with a specific interest in people of African descent.

She's published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing and Medicine, Science, and Law.

Gillette has also published work with ReWired News Group and the Center for American Progress,

focusing on reproductive health and rights policy, reproductive justice, and health outcomes for black birthing persons.

Welcome, Gillette.

On today's episode, we are discussing racial health disparities in addiction treatment.

During the episode, we will unpack how the criminalization and racialization of substance use

informs the present-day opioid epidemic and inequities in care.

We will also discuss how harm reduction can be employed as a public health model to prevent drug-related fatalities.

Said in Gillette, I'll hand it over to you both to introduce our incredible guests for today. Thank you, Ashley, and welcome to the team Gillette.

I am very excited to introduce Dr. Jessica Isam.

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