The Social Determinants of Health Taskforce for Baltimore City, led by the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), works to identify and examine the conditions in which individuals are born, grow, live, work, and age and that are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources, whether globally, nationally, or locally.
These attributes, also known as the social determinants of health, are seen as primarily responsible for what are called health inequities: the unfair and unavoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries.

Background

On May 15, 2018, then-Gov. Larry Hogan approved the creation of the Social Determinants of Health Taskforce for Baltimore City proposed in the Maryland State Assembly. The primary sponsor of the bill was Sen. Shirley Pulliam, who represented Maryland’s 44th Legislative District and chaired the Senate’s subcommittee on minority health disparities of the Health and Government Operations Committee.

Taskforce Leadership

Oversight Leadership

Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Maryland General Assembly

Taskforce Leadership

Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN
Taskforce Chair

Chris Gibbons, MD, MPH
Co-Chair

 

Advisory Board

Sen. Mary Washington, PhD
Maryland Legislative District 43

Del. Antonio “Tony” Bridges
Maryland Legislative District 41

Taskforce Chairs and Subcommittee Co-Chairs

(Full list below)

Subcommittee Leadership

Social Justice

Antoinette Mugar, RN, MSN
Chair

Vacant
Co-Chair

Health and Human Services

Harolyn Belcher, MD, MS
Chair

Denyce Watties-Daniels, DNP, RN
Co-Chair

Workforce Development and Jobs

Stacy Smith, MD
Chair

Vacant
Co-Chair

Housing

Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN
Chair

Nicole Earle
Co-Chair

Education

Dennis A. Scott, MPA
Chair

Vacant
Co-Chair