Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/10/2024
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Just Health: Understanding American Supreme Court decisions within the Canadian Context

Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington (GW) University Law School. A leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health, Dean Matthew joined GW Law in 2020. She also is the founder and inaugural faculty director of GW’s newly chartered Equity Institute, an interdisciplinary research hub dedicated to addressing racial, ethnic and socioeconomic injustice. A prolific writer, Dean Matthew is the author of two bestselling books, Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care and the recently released Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America, and the co-author of a case book on public health law, ethics and policy.

Keynote speaker: Dayna Bowen Matthew, Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University of Law School
Panelists: Natasha Johnson and Barrington Walker

Learn more about the Hooker Lecture (PDF).

Location: L.R. Wilson Concert Hall, McMaster University
This is a free public event. No registration is required.

For more information, please email: ellisl2@mcmaster.ca