Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine

What Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine does

The Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine (IHJM) is a Berkeley, California-based nonprofit founded in May 2020 that operates as an interdisciplinary research, advocacy, and community hub focused on removing race-based heuristics from clinical medicine. Its primary audience is medical students and trainees, with secondary audiences spanning clinicians, medical educators, and health justice advocates. The organization explicitly frames its work around the abolition of biological race in medicine and publishes open-access, non-commercial resources to support that agenda.

Its core portfolio consists of its flagship 100+ page report "Towards the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine," the eGFR Toolkit for removing race from kidney function calculations, the Central Repository (a live cross-specialty resource critiquing race-based algorithms in cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology, OB/GYN, and endocrinology), the THRVE Magazine peer-reviewed publication, the Weight Inclusive Healthcare Initiative, the Justice Resource Hub (a curated aggregator of syllabi, op-eds, toolkits, and partner content), the Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine community platform, and five interdisciplinary working groups (eGFR, PFT, ASCVD, Reproductive Health, Central Repository). The organization does not develop proprietary software; its technical surface is a Squarespace-hosted website, free PDF downloads, flipbook versions, and crowdsourced repositories.

IHJM operates as a nonprofit with no commercial revenue streams. All publications, toolkits, and resources are distributed free of charge, and funding is sourced from grants, donations, and volunteer labor. Distribution is exclusively digital, with amplification through partner organizations including SNMA, White Coats for Black Lives, Structural Competency, Campaign Against Racism, UC Berkeley, and UCSF. Since launch, IHJM has engaged 3,000+ people from 300+ institutions globally and reached 7,000+ attendees at its inaugural National Unveiling event; the organization is currently operating with a leadership transition underway.

Name

Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine

Legal name

Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine

Website

https://instituteforhealingandjustice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IHJM is a Berkeley-based nonprofit founded in 2020 that produces open-access publications, toolkits, and community programs to remove race-based heuristics from clinical medicine. It serves medical students, clinicians, educators, and health justice advocates globally.

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Berkeley

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United States

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North America

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B2C

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Revenue model

1. Nonprofit / Grant and Donation Based Model: IHJM is a nonprofit organization that operates through grants, donations, and volunteer labor. All publications, reports, toolkits, and resources are distributed free of charge. No commercial revenue streams are disclosed.

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Core offering

Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine (IHJM) is a nonprofit interdisciplinary hub that produces and freely distributes open-access reports, clinical toolkits, educational guides, a peer-reviewed magazine, and curated resource hubs focused on removing race-based heuristics from clinical medicine and transforming medical education, research, and practice.

Product overview

The Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine is an interdisciplinary research and advocacy hub focused on removing race-based heuristics from clinical medicine. Its portfolio consists of a flagship policy report ('Towards the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine'), multiple educational toolkits (eGFR Toolkit, Central Repository), a peer-reviewed magazine (THRVE), a weight-inclusive healthcare guide, a Justice Resource Hub aggregating community resources, the Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine community platform, and multiple working groups. Together these form an ecosystem of publications, advocacy tools, and community spaces aimed at transforming clinical education, research, and practice.

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Products and services

• Towards the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine (Main Report) The organization's flagship 100+ page report on removing race-based medicine from clinical education, research, and practice, covering racism as a root cause of health disparities, eugenics history, race-based medicine in diagnosis and treatment, and policy recommendations.
• eGFR Toolkit A crowdsourced toolkit providing clinical resources, evidence-based citations, sample email templates, policy advocacy letters, and infographics to support activists and clinicians working to remove race correction factors from estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) calculations at their institutions.
• THRVE Magazine A peer-reviewed publication and flip-book magazine focused on health justice, healing, and community-centered narratives, exploring themes of liberation, culture, and collective wellness through artistic and creative expression.
• Weight Inclusive Healthcare Initiative A three-year project producing an open-access educational guide challenging weight-centric healthcare approaches, exploring racism and eugenics of BMI, pathologization of body size, weight stigma, nutrition, eating disorders, and joyful movement, available as free PDF, flipbook, and hard copy.
• Justice Resource Hub A centralized online hub bridging and amplifying existing work on social justice and community activism in medicine and public health, featuring curated reading lists, art resources, advocacy toolkits, videos, podcasts, discussion groups, and connections to partner organizations.
• Central Repository A live repository of one-pagers and clinical resources critiquing race-based medical algorithms across specialties including cardiology (BiDil, ASCVD), OB/GYN (postpartum hemorrhage, LARC), nephrology (eGFR, Kidney Donor Risk Index), endocrinology, pediatrics, and pulmonology.
• Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine & Health Justice A community healing and educational space for womxn and femmes of color and allies, dedicated to critical theory, intersectional identities, and health justice, hosting regular Soulful Sundays gatherings and movement-building activities.
• Working Groups Interdisciplinary digital working groups focused on removing race from specific medical algorithms: eGFR Working Group, PFT (Pulmonary Function Test) Working Group, ASCVD Working Group, Reproductive Health Working Group, and Central Repository Working Group, producing policy briefs, articles, and advocacy tools.

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• UC Berkeley Center for Race and GendercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2020Co-sponsor of the inaugural National Unveiling and Report Launch event. Academic partner providing scholarly legitimacy and institutional support for IHJM's research mission.
• UC Berkeley Othering and Belonging InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2020Co-sponsor of the National Unveiling and Report Launch. Academic institute providing research infrastructure and interdisciplinary academic platform.
• UCSF PRIME-US (Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2020Co-sponsor of the inaugural report launch. Medical education program supporting training of physicians dedicated to underserved communities.
• UCSF Department of Family and Community MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2020Co-sponsor of the National Unveiling and Report Launch. Academic department providing clinical and community health expertise.
• Student National Medical Association (SNMA)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational medical student organization committed to supporting underrepresented minority medical students. SNMA co-sponsored the National Unveiling event and provides platform for distributing IHJM resources to medical students nationwide.
• White Coats for Black LivesmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational organization dedicated to dismantling racism in medicine and promoting health self-determination of Black and Indigenous people. Referenced as a key ally network for IHJM's advocacy ecosystem.
• Structural CompetencymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of health professionals, students, researchers, and advocates working to ensure healthcare providers can recognize and respond to health as downstream effects of social structures. Listed as a key ally for intersectional health justice work.
• Campaign Against RacismmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA network of 23 chapters across 10 countries working to dismantle structural racism and its effects on health. Started in 2018; IHJM identifies as a key ally and part of the broader ecosystem.
• Freedom Community ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBay Area community clinic offering free, sliding-scale, community-centered healing integrating ancestral and holistic practices with Western medicine. Listed as a community partner in the Justice Resource Hub.

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Direct peers

• Black Women's Health Imperative: National nonprofit advancing health equity and social justice for Black women through research, advocacy, and community programs. Operates with a similar research-plus-advocacy hybrid model focused on race and health.
• Health Leads: National nonprofit working on social determinants of health and health equity through community-based programs and clinician partnerships. Comparable hybrid advocacy-and-program delivery model with similar health-equity scope.
• Doctors for America: National physician advocacy organization mobilizing doctors on health equity, social determinants, and justice issues. Shares IHJM's focus on clinician-led advocacy to reform clinical practice and policy.
• Campaign Against Racism: A network of 23 chapters across 10 countries working to dismantle structural racism and its effects on health. IHJM names Campaign Against Racism as a core strategic partner within its ally ecosystem.
• Structural Competency: A national network of health professionals, students, and researchers training providers to recognize health as a downstream effect of social structures. IHJM identifies Structural Competency as a key ally for intersectional health justice work.
• White Coats for Black Lives: National medical student organization dedicated to dismantling racism in medicine and promoting the health of Black and Indigenous communities. Listed as a major GTM partner and key ally network for IHJM, with directly overlapping mission and constituency.

Broad incumbents

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): National association representing U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals, with active initiatives on health equity, anti-racism, and curricular reform. A broader incumbent whose work on equity and medical education overlaps with IHJM's mission.
• National Medical Association: The largest and oldest U.S. organization representing African American physicians and their patients, with longstanding work on health equity and racism in medicine. Operates with substantially more resources and a different membership model than IHJM.
• AMA Center for Health Equity: The American Medical Association's dedicated center embedding health equity across U.S. medicine. A larger institutional player working on overlapping themes — embedding equity in clinical practice — but as part of a much broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Health Equity Institute (San Francisco State University): Academic institute producing research and community programs on health equity and racial justice in medicine. Comparable scope as a research-and-advocacy hub, though university-anchored rather than community-led like IHJM.

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