Roy Wade, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP

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Engaging Experts: How to Address the Impact of Racism on Health

“As a health care provider, I think it’s important for others to speak to their patients about the impact of historical racism and trauma. What we universally know is that simply just acknowledging the fact that racism exists and historical inequities exist – in the context of a safe and supportive relationship with your patient – is empowering.” – Dr. Roy Wade, Jr.

Actions Policymakers Can Take to Prevent and Address the Impact of Racism and Discrimination on Trauma and Toxic Stress

On July 20th, Pathways to Resilience hosted a Learning Network Session on “Exposure to Racism and Discrimination as Sources of Trauma and Toxic Stress” with Roy Wade, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP. Dr. Wade discussed his work on the Philadelphia Expanded Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, which explored additional community-level adversities not covered in the original ACE study, such as witnessing violence and experiencing discrimination.

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Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Roy Wade, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and a general pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cobbs Creek Primary Care. His research interests focus on the intersection between childhood poverty, adversity, and well-being. Through his work, he plans to translate research on the science of childhood adversity and toxic stress into effective strategies to improve community level systems of care in economically distressed communities.

Dr. Wade has a PhD in Microbiology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School, completing his pediatric residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. After residency, Dr. Wade completed a Commonwealth Fund Harvard Minority Health Policy Fellowship at the Harvard School of Medicine and Harvard School of Public Health earning a MPH in Health Policy and Management. He completed a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Fellowship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.