On this Equity Actions episode of Talking Pediatrics, our guest host, VP and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer James Burroughs, interviews Dr. Rachel Hardeman PhD, MPH, the newly appointed Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity at the UMN School of Public Health and the founding director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity. Does it make a difference if Black patients have a Black doctor? What impact does police violence have on community health outcomes? Listen to Dr. Hardeman explain how focusing on racism as a fundamental cause of health inequities can help us improve outcomes for our patients and find out what steps we can take at the individual and system level to advance health equity.