Leslie Gregory
Leslie Gregory, MSBS, PA-C is a Portland-based physician assistant, Navy veteran, and founder/executive director of Right to Health, a nonprofit addressing racism as a public health issue.
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Sep 9, 2026
Leslie GregoryGUEST
The response I got was to some people dismissive, to others gaslighting, to others placating, but the head of CDC at the time didn't even respond.
Leslie GregoryGUEST
He passed it over to the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, and that individual did the gaslighting, a Black woman, PhD, MD, MPH.
Leslie GregoryGUEST
So a couple of months later, as irritated as I was, I reached out to the head of the Multnomah County Health Department and asked her to recognize racism as a public health crisis.
Leslie GregoryGUEST
So I reached out to one of the county commissioners who happens to be an MD and said, we need to recognize racism as a public health crisis.