The Health Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center is working to transform healthcare to eliminate gaps in life expectancy and quality of life among different races and ethnicities. We've started working in five clinical areas where we see major disparities.
Did you know? In Boston…
4.1× higher rate
Black residents have a 4.1 times higher rate of infant mortality.
1.5× more likely
Black residents are 1.5 times more likely to die prematurely of cancer.
2.2× more likely
Hispanic residents are 2.2 times more likely to get infected with COVID-19.
See Some of Our Progress
Hear from our many expert team members and partners how we are advancing our mission of health justice in crucial clinical areas, including our Equity in Pregnancy and Equity in Diabetes initiatives. Learn how we are thinking beyond hospital to fuel economic mobility in disinvested communities and particularly for people of color.
Register for EQTY 2026
Join us October 19-20 at the Renaissance Boston Seaport District for EQTY 2026: Forward by Design, our fourth annual racial health equity summit. Our two days of conversations will push past diagnosing inequity and into the work of designing something better-bringing together the people living with the consequences of broken systems and the people with the power to change them.
Help Us in Our Fight for Health Justice
We're proud to be featured in the Healthier Together series, which explores the untold stories of resilience, compassion, and innovation in health systems across the world. The mini documentary spotlights BMC's commitment to health equity, thanks to a production for the MassMutual Foundation by BBCStoryworks Commercial Productions. The MassMutual Foundation is a generous BMC supporter.
Watch the film to see BMC leaders Thea James, MD, MBA, and Sara Stulac, MD, share how BMC is reimagining healthcare with innovative services and programs that allow all patients to thrive.
Make a gift to support BMC’s nationally leading health equity programs or contact us to learn how your organization can be part of this work.
Our Leadership
Isaretta Riley, MD, MPH
Senior Medical Director and Executive Director, Health Equity Accelerator
Thea L. James, MD, MBA
Executive Founder of the Health Equity Accelerator, Vice President of Mission, and Associate Chief Medical Officer
Sponsors
Boston Medical Center’s Health Equity Accelerator was made possible through seed funding from our longstanding and dedicated corporate supporters: John Hancock, the MassMutual Foundation, and Takeda.
