海角社区

Mabel Carabali, MD, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Dept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, 海角社区

The Seminars in Epidemiology organized by the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health at the 海角社区 School of Population and Global Health is a self-approved Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the maintenance of certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Physicians requiring accreditation, please complete the Evaluation Form and send to admincoord.eboh [at] mcgill.ca

WHEN: Monday, February 2, 2026, from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hybrid | Onsite at 2001 海角社区 College, Rm 1140 |
NOTE: Mabel Carabali will be presenting in-person

Abstract

Racial and ethnic health inequities are a public health concern. In the Americas, 30% of the population are Afro descendants. Although invisibilized from some health statistics, Afro-descendants in the region are overrepresented in cardiovascular diseases, maternal mortality and vector-borne diseases. The collection of disaggregated race and ethnicity-based data is crucial to understand and appropriately address health inequities. Current data collection efforts remain incomplete and insufficiently widespread. There is limited evidence data on race, ethnicity, and health inequities regarding Latin American and the Caribbean region. In this seminar I will share the results from a series of scoping reviews of the current evidence regarding race and ethnicity inequities in the Latin America and Caribbean region within the context of major health outcomes for a better recognition of knowledge gaps.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this talk, attendees will be able to:

• Identify similarities and differences between the use of race and ethnicity concepts in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean;
• Understand the potential use of population-based race/ethnicity data in the context of major health outcomes in the region;
• Identify key determinants of race and ethnicity inequities in Latin America and the Caribbean according to the current evidence in the region.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Mabel Carabali (she/her) is an infectious diseases and social epidemiologist physician. Dr. Carabali is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Methods to Address Health Inequalities and an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics. Dr. Carabali obtained her medical degree from Colombia's Universidad Libre and holds a PhD in Epidemiology from 海角社区. With over 18 years of experience in international research. Current research includes assessing underreporting and misclassification in epidemiological studies, expanding statistical methods for intersectionality studies, and investigating health disparities.