As a resident in Internal Medicine at Emory University, Dr. Redmond cared for an inmate of the local jail in her continuity clinic based at Grady Memorial Hospital, the large county hospital in Atlanta GA.  Through that experience, she became interest in how the racial and socioeconomic disparities within the criminal justice system may contribute to disparities in health and health care.

MHRC Community Outreach Manager Joanice Thompson and UAB HealthSmart Program Administrator Theolishia Smith accept the 2012 finalist award at the Jackson Healthcare Hospital Charitable Service Awards Banquet in Atlanta on Feb. 16.

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