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Can Medical Instruments be Racist?
January 7, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST
Free
- Speaker: Roger Turner, Science History Institute
- Moderator: Bill Tsuzynski, The Unami Group LLC
- Sponsored by ACS Webinars in partnership with the Science History Institute
- 10-11am, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required
What You Will Learn:
- The history of the spirometer and pulse oximeter from the work of Lundy Braun and Amy Moran-Thomas
- How medical instruments can amplify racial disparities
- What we can learn from the history of these instruments to create ones to better serve all people they measure
Co-produced with: Science History Institute and Chemical & Engineering News