Health Equity Today: The Place Principle

On Friday, February 7, 2025, NYU Wagner hosted its annual Health Equity Today event. The topic of this year’s panel discussion was The Place Principle, an exploration of how geographic location can impact access to healthcare, availability of resources, and overall well-being.

The panel discussion—the first event held in NYU Wagner’s new event space on 17th Street—was moderated by current NYU Wagner Master of Health Administration (MHA) student Giovanney Mendoza and featured renowned panelists Olubenga Ogedegbe, MD, MP, Director, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health and Lynn Mertz, PhD, MUP, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor Global Thought Leadership – Health Equity, AARP. 

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Dean Sherry Glied with microphone
Dean Sherry Glied with microphone
Dean Sherry Glied addressing crowd
Smiling crowd
Giovanney Mendoza with microphone
Giovanney Mendoza with microphone
students smiling at each other
students smiling at each other
people in crowd smiling
students smiling at each other
Lynn Mertz smiling with microphone
panel on stage
Lynn Mertz with microphone
crowd watching panel
panel on stage
panel on stage and first rows of crowd
smiling crowd
Olubenga Ogedegbe speaking
Olubenga Ogedegbe speaking
panel on stage
crowd from back of room
panel on stage
student in crowd with microphone
student standing with microphone
posed group photo of panel