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Roger Mitchell

Dr. Roger A. Mitchell Jr., board-certified forensic pathologist and 126th President of the National Medical Association, former Chief Medical Examiner of Washington, DC.

Oct 22, 2026

Raise the Line

Raise the Line

Treating Deaths in the Criminal Justice System and Violence in Communities as Public Health Issues: Dr. Roger Mitchell, Immediate Past President of the National Medical Association and Co-Author of Death in Custody

Oct 22 · 29m

Michael Carrese
Michael CarreseHOST
6:22
And do you see efforts anywhere that you think are going to be effective in addressing this situation?
Roger MitchellGUEST
6:29
Yeah.
Roger MitchellGUEST
6:30
So while in medical school, studying violence as a public health issue, really trying to understand what were the social determinants of violence.
Roger MitchellGUEST
6:40
Right.
Roger MitchellGUEST
6:40
You know, education, economics, housing, health care, environmental justice, just like they play, as we know now, play a big part in disease violence.
Roger MitchellGUEST
6:53
They play a big part in injury and whether or not those are injuries or accidental injuries or violent injuries.
Roger MitchellGUEST
7:00
The social determinants play a role where you live, love, work, play, have your being, access to foods, access to care.

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Michael Carrese
Michael CarreseHOST
19:36
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