Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher and a tenured associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Hardeman’s research applies the tools of population health science and health services research to elucidate a critical and complex determinant of health inequity – racism. She leverages frameworks of critical race theory and reproductive justice to inform equity centered work, aiming to build empirical evidence of racism’s impact on health, particularly for Black birthing people and their babies.

This year’s lecture will immediately follow Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW), which is recognized from April 11-17th annually.