Thomas A. LaVeist is the dean and Weatherhead Presidential Chair at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
[2] During his time at the University of Michigan, he helped found the National Black Graduate Students Association, a student-run non-profit organization with the original goal to "provide an opportunity for African American graduate students to develop professionally as well as serve as a forum for future researchers and academic professionals."
[3][4] LaVeist joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1990 and served in various roles, including chair of academic policy and admissions committee, professor of health policy and management since 2004, professor of sociology since 2004, holder of a joint appointment in the School of Medicine Oncology Department since 2005, faculty associate in the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center since 2005, and faculty associate in the Hopkins Population Center since 1993.
This is a movement based on bringing awareness to racism and inequity within the healthcare field for people of color.
His project also highlights multiple myths about African Americans and their health as well as provides his source backing his claims.
[clarification needed][6] LaVeist's work has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Defense, Commonwealth Fund, the Russell Sage Foundation, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.