Session Learning Objectives:
1. Define Racism, and overview its historical context in the United States;
2. Briefly highlight a few of the racial/ethnic health disparities we see in pediatric kidney care, linking them to structurally racist and unjust systems that perpetuate these disparities;
3. Discuss changes child health professionals can make to help dismantle systems of inequality and promote health equity and justice.

Presenters:
O. N. Ray Bignall II, MD, FAAP, FASN
Assistant Chief Diversity and Health Equity Officer
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Director, Kidney Health Advocacy and Community Engagement (KHACE)
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Dr. Bignall has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.