North American Conference to End Race-Based Medicine

 

 ▍THEME:

• Truth in Medicine: Reclaiming Justice, Reimagining Care - Ending Race-Based Medicine, Reclaiming Science, Rehumanizing Care

 

 ▍KEY DETAILS:

• Date: October 17 and 18, 2025 

• Location: The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI 

• Host: Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit End Race Based Medicine Taskforce

• Taskforce Focus: Addressing the use of race as a biological construct in medical practice and research. 

• Goals: To end practices adhering to race-based medicine, and promote racism-conscious medicine. 
  
  This task force aims to undo the centuries-long legacy of scientific racism embedded into current clinical algorithms which include, but are not limited to:

• nephrology (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) or kidney function),

• pulmonology (Pulmonary Function Test (PFT),

• pulse Oximetry),

• cardiology (Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk calculator),

• pharmacology (race-based therapeutics), etc.