Dr. Rhea Boyd

Dr. Rhea Boyd is a pediatrician, public health advocate and scholar. She writes and teaches on the relationship between structural racism, inequity and health. She works clinically and has a scholarly focus on the child and public health impacts of harmful policing practices and policies. Dr. Boyd is the Director of Equity and Justice for The California Children’s Trust, an initiative to advance mental health access for children and youth across California. In partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Black Coalition Against COVID, she co-developed “THE CONVERSATION: Between Us, About Us,” a national campaign to bring information about the COVID-19 vaccines directly to Black communities.