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Brian Smedley

Equity Scholar & Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute

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Brian Smedley Biography

Brian D. Smedley is an Equity Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, where he conducts research and policy analysis to address structural and institutional forms of racism that impact the health and well-being of people of color. Among the programs he leads at the Urban Institute is “Unequal Treatment at 20,” an effort to accelerate progress toward health care equity by identifying key policy levers and advancing a new research agenda focused on dismantling all forms of racism in health care training and clinical settings.

Formerly, Dr. Smedley was Chief of Psychology in the Public Interest at the American Psychological Association (APA), where he led APA’s efforts to apply the science and practice of psychology to the fundamental problems of human welfare and social justice. In this role, Dr. Smedley was deeply involved in APA’s historic apology for psychology’s contributions to scientific racism and plans to correct this history and advance an anti-racist agenda in the discipline. A national thought leader in the field of health equity, Dr. Smedley got his start in Washington, D.C. in 1993 as an APA Congressional Science Fellow, and subsequently served at APA as Director of Public Interest Policy.

Previously, he was co-founder and Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity (www.nationalcollaborative.org), a project that connects research, policy analysis, and communications with on-the-ground activism to advance health equity. He was also co-Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leadership National Program Center. From 2008 to 2014, Dr. Smedley was Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, DC, a research and policy organization focused on addressing the needs of communities of color. In this role, Dr. Smedley led the PLACE MATTERS (now, Collaboratives for Health Equity) national initiative to elevate the voices of local leaders seeking to address the role of place (and specifically, residential segregation) as a fundamental driver of racial health inequities.

Previously, Dr. Smedley was Research Director and co-founder of a communications, research and policy organization, The Opportunity Agenda (www.opportunityagenda.org), which seeks to build the national will to expand opportunity for all. Prior to helping launch The Opportunity Agenda, Dr. Smedley was a Senior Program Officer at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), where he served as Study Director for the IOM reports, In the Nation’s Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce and Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, among other reports on diversity in the health professions and minority health research policy.

Among his awards and distinctions, in 2021 Smedley was awarded the David Blumenthal Health Equity Champion Award from the Morehouse School of Medicine; in 2013 Smedley received the American Public Health Association’s Cornely Award for social activism; in 2009 Smedley was awarded the Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Leadership in Advocacy Award; in 2005 he received a Presidential Citation from the APA; in 2004 he was honored by the Rainbow/PUSH coalition as a “Health Trailblazer” award winner; and in 2002 he was awarded the Congressional Black Caucus “Healthcare Hero” award. Dr. Smedley received a Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from UCLA in 1992, and an A.B. degree in Psychology & Social Relations from Harvard University in 1986.

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Brian Smedley Videos

  • “How Can We Accelerate Progress Toward Healthcare Equity?”
    “How Can We Accelerate Progress Toward Healthcare Equity?”
    The Drexel Urban Health Collaborative was honored to host Brian D. Smedley, PhD, on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Dr. Smedley presented a talk...
  • Health Equity in Action Summit – Welcome Session led by Brian Smedley
    Health Equity in Action Summit – Welcome Session led by Brian Smedley
    Brian Smedley, Fellow at the Urban Institute explores how racism operates within the healthcare system and the role we can play to combat it. Learn...
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