Reclaiming the Legacy Gala: Reducing Health Care Disparities through Diversity
Help us accelerate diversity at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Please join us for cocktail hour and entertainment starting at 5:30 pm followed by dinner, presentation of the John H. Gladney Awards, and keynote speaker, Henry Randall M.D.
Event Details
- Friday, March 7, 2025
Wool Ballroom at Busch Student Center
20 N. Grand Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63103 - Formal Attire
Keynote Speaker
Ticket and Sponsors
- Individual ticket: $150 entry for one guest to the gala and one dinner
- Table sponsor: $1,200 entry for eight guests to the gala and dinner for eight
Ticket purchases and donations can be made at giving.slu.edu/MedDEI. Please indicate in the comments if you are purchasing tickets, a table or making a donation. Email somodei@health.slu.edu or call 314-977-9912 with questions.
Why are we passionate about empowering the next generation of diverse healthcare leaders and advancing health equity for all?
In 1961 Homer G. Phillips Hospital was training more African American physicians and nurses than any other one facility in the world, Saint Louis at that time had a reputation for this positive accomplishment.
Saint Louis and the state of Missouri has considerable healthcare disparities that it grapples with that could be more greatly attended to with more health professionals of color training here and returning here to serve.
For example:
- The life expectancy of Missouri blacks is 72.4 compared to 77.6 for whites
- In 2021, 45% of African Americans were obese or overweight (over age 18)
- African Americans in Missouri have higher incidence of diabetes than do whites
- According to public health data for nearly all causes, Missouri African Americans are at higher risk for death sooner than their white neighbor counterpart
Saint Louis University needs and wants to maintain consistent recruitment of African American and Hispanic students to become physicians, surgeons, and medical researchers.