Author Archives: Imari Daniels and Judith Garber

About Imari Daniels and Judith Garber

Judith Garber is a health care policy and communications fellow at the Lown Institute and co-author with Brownlee of “Medication Overload: America’s Other Drug Problem.”

Don’t “Stay In Your Lane”: Why Clinicians Should Be Activists For Social Change

It was the tweet heard around the healthcare world. In 2018, after the American College of Physicians had published their position paper advocating gun control as a public health imperative, the National Rifle Association posted a tweet starting: “Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane.” Clinicians immediately began posting images and… Read More »

COVID-19: Issues of Equity in Allocating Resources

Are COVID-19 resources going to who needs them most? Targeting tests, treatments, supplies, and vaccines to those most at risk of COVID-19, such as communities of color, would go a long way toward preventing the spread of the virus and reducing the health disparities exacerbated by the pandemic.  In the face of a dangerous pandemic,… Read More »

Medication Overload: The drug epidemic that no one is talking about

The opioid crisis has captured America’s attention, becoming an official “national emergency” and prompting swift action from government agencies, patient advocates, and health care providers. This is as it should be. Over the past decade, opioid overdoses have led to millions of hospitalizations, more than 100,000 deaths, and caused great harm in communities all across… Read More »