Building Trust in Health Care Systems and Health Research
In the latest “Conversations with All of Us” episode, Cheryl McCloud speaks with Dr. Cynthia So-Armah, Internist at Brookside Community Health Center in Jamaica Plain and Co-Investigator for All of Us New England, and Dr. Thea James, Vice President of Missions, Associate Chief Medical Officer at Boston Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, about the importance of trust within health research and health care systems.
Dr. Cynthia So-Armah
Dr. Cynthia So-Armah is an internist, practicing primary care at Brookside Community Health Center in Jamaica Plain. She serves as Medical Director for Brookside, Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Regional Medical Director for Brigham and Women's Primary Care. She divides her time between caring for a largely Spanish speaking and immigrant patient population, and working with an incredible team at Brookside and Brigham to manage operations and improve the care that they provide to their patients and community, keeping health equity at the heart of all that they do.
Dr. Thea James
Dr. Thea James is vice president of mission, associate chief medical officer, and co-executive director of the Health Equity Accelerator at BMC. She is also an associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program. Dr. James works with BMC caregivers and builds BMC's relationships and strategic alliances with local, state, and national partners, to meet the full spectrum of essentials that enables patients and communities to thrive. The intentionality is to foster a strategic ecosystem of growth, transformation, and effective models of care that are rooted in equity and economic inclusion. Dr. James has held several positions in her 27-year tenure at BMC, and her passion is in public health, both domestically and globally. Dr. James received a Doctor of Medicine from Georgetown University School of Medicine and trained in emergency medicine at Boston City Hospital where she was chief resident.
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