“Restorative justice principles have helped shape the ways in which I engage with my patients and have informed the mechanisms through which I hope my research can make an impact for marginalized communities. As a quantitative health services researcher who studies the intersections of health and carceral systems (including child welfare, juvenile justice, and adult jail/prison systems), I’ve recognized that I can play a role in restorative justice work by using data to acknowledge and measure harms, identify and evaluate opportunities for structural restitution at the health system and policy level, and ensure that the experiences of children and families affected by carceral systems involvement are represented and amplified.”
Rohan Khazanchi, M.D., M.P.H., is an internist-pediatrician and health services researcher.
He is a resident physician in the Harvard Med-Peds Residency Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Boston Medical Center. He is also a research affiliate at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. Rohan’s clinical and extra-clinical work broadly strives to advance health equity for and with marginalized populations, with particular interest in redressing the (mis)use of race in clinical algorithms and improving the health of children, young adults, and families who have interfaced with carceral systems.for more info.