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Please join the Sorensen Center for a presentation by Commissioner Mary Travis Bassett titled: “Discrimination – A Public Health Threat”. Bassett has been the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since January 2014. Her approach to public health has a particular focus on social justice, health inequities, and structural racism. She gave an hour long presentation followed by a Q&A session with students in the Health Practice Clinic and a reception.