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Minnesota is known as a healthy state. But we’re also a state with a vast 

gulf between the health of the majority of white residents and residents of color

, especially Black, Latino and Indigenous Minnesotans.

Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham is on a mission to change that. 

She was appointed to lead the Minnesota Department of Health in January, replacing Jan Malcolm. She is the first Black woman to hold the position.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Cunningham about her research into health disparities, leading the state agency after the intense years of the COVID-19 pandemic and her vision for improving the health of all Minnesotans. 

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MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham. She’s a sociologist, a primary care doctor and has big ideas for improving equity in health care.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham. She’s a researcher and a primary care doctor and has big ideas for improving equity in health care. 

Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Brooke Cunningham is on a mission to tackle racial health disparities

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