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Ayars J, Carpenter C, Dunsford-Hernandez E. Transforming healthcare for LGBTQ+ communities: empowering equity and access through innovation with EquityMD. HPHR. 2024;79. https://doi.org/10.54111/0001/AAAA4
The webinar event, “Transforming Healthcare for LGBTQ+ Communities: Empowering Equity and Access Through Innovation with EquityMD,” on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, featured EqualityMD. The firm’s platform uses telehealth and an AI-powered platform to connect LGBTQIA+ individuals with culturally-aligned health care options. The approach is intended to help LGBTQIA+ individuals overcome the systemic discrimination and glaring data gaps in healthcare faced by LGBTQ+ communities.
Justin Ayars is a former healthcare trial lawyer—and a former history teacher—turned serial entrepreneur. He’s the Founder and CEO of EqualityMD, an LGBTQ+ healthtech company that blends AI and affirming healthcare with storytelling and data science. Justin has extensive experience crafting compelling narratives that resonate with diverse demographics, helping businesses authentically engage new markets, and cultivating communities through relationship-building and technological innovtion. In his own words, Justin has the mind of a philosopher, heart of a poet, and spirit of a starship captain. In all that he does, curiosity remains his true North Star.
Dr. Candice Carpenter is Co-Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer of The Boston Public Congress of Public Health, and also serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of HPHR Journal. She has been a UCLA Biodesign Fellow since Fall 2023.
Ms. Emmy Dunsford-Hernandez is the Biodesign Innovation Hub Coordinator at the UCLA Biodesign Fellowship, Director of Partnership and Ecosystem Development with SaludConTech, and Clinical Specialist for Veris Health Cancer Biotech.
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