Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Director, Program in Health Humanities
University of Virginia
Poet and Novelist
Dr. Irène P. Mathieu is a bilingual (English/Spanish) primary care pediatrician at the University of Virginia, where she is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and an Assistant Director of the Program in Health Humanities. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Mathieu teaches medical students and residents, and she has conducted public health and equity research throughout the U.S. and Latin America. She serves on the steering committee of Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action. She is also the award-winning author of three poetry collections. Dr. Mathieu's creative and advocacy work has been featured on NPR, LA Times, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other media outlets and publications.
“Suicides among Black Americans of all ages might also be extremely undercounted, for multiple reasons all connected to racism.”
This is extremely frightening.
Black youth have seen the fastest-rising suicide rates among any ethnic group in the last 20 years, with suicide among male Black youth rising 60% in that period. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-men-mental-health-suicide_n_64760ae4e4b045ce2484fb68
@DrKLClemons Also recommend a squirrel baffle to prevent squirrels and other mammals from scaling the pole and eating all the feed!
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