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Plenary Session

Session: Hot Topic Session [Plenary]

Hot Topic Session: Health Equity and Diversity in Pharmacoepidemiology Research: Making Change Happen

Sunday, August 27, 2023
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM ADT
Location: Ballroom
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Health equity and health disparities have become familiar terms, particularly as the SARS-Cov2 pandemic exposed ‎longstanding racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and geographic inequities in health. However, years of research have ‎shown that even though we are more familiar with these terms, actively measuring, addressing, and dismantling ‎unfair differences in health remains difficult. As a field that studies the effects of both diseases and their treatment in ‎large groups of people, pharmacoepidemiology can play an important role in ensuring the health of real-world ‎populations. The question is, how can pharmacoepidemiologists put health equity into practice? In this session, we will ‎first define important concepts in Health Equity Research and consider these terms in the broader context research ‎and healthcare. Next, we will discuss how to apply/adapt methods in pharmacoepidemiology research to measure ‎health disparities. We will learn from the experiences of researchers in other fields of public health as well as from ‎colleagues in pharmacoepidemiology in industry and academia. Attendees will leave the session with an ‎understanding of what information and resources are needed to begin to put knowledge to practice.‎