82.1%
of IEHD students had never learned about or discussed healthcare disparities as a part of their high school curriculum.
97.4%
of IEHD students thought that high schools should make more of an effort to teach about healthcare disparities.
100%
of IEHD participants learned something new about healthcare disparities and would recommend IEHD to a friend!
This initiative was founded by Omar Jafar in 2018. Omar is currently a medical student at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Omar has extensively developed this initiative through his fellowship with the Clinton Global Initiative - University.
Our Partners, thank you!
Code of Conduct
IEHD is dedicated to providing a safe and comfortable environment and harassment-free experience for everyone. All participants, mentors, speakers, and anyone else attending our event are required to agree and abide by the following code of conduct.
Our code of conduct follows that of The Hack Code of Conduct, of which can be found here: https://hackcodeofconduct.org/
Reporting Procedure
If at any point you feel uncomfortable or think there may be a potential violation of the code of conduct, please report it by emailing iehealthdisparities@gmail.com.