My Bio:

Dr. Brittani James is a physician, activist, radical Black feminist and Antiracism scholar. Dr. James graduated from Cornell University with a major in Biology and a minor in Global Health. She attended  The University of Michigan Medical School and went on to complete Family Medicine Residency at The University of Illinois at Chicago where she served as Chief Resident.

In 2008, Dr. James spent time in post-Apartheid South Africa studying the process of peace and reconciliation following racial violence.

In 2018, after completing her residency, Dr. James and her twin sister, Dr. Brandi Jackson, created a pipeline program called Med Like Me, which focused on increasing the representation of minorities in medicine. 

In 2020, Dr. James, co-founded The Institute for Antiracism in Medicine, a non-profit dedicated to the pursuit of health equity for all along racial lines, including and especially those whose oppression is compounded by their gender identity, ability status, and poverty among others. 

In late 2020, Dr. James was invited to join The Vaccine Justice League, a national, interdisciplinary, group working toward racial equity in COVID-19 vaccine distribution. She performs this work alongside Chelsea Clinton.

Dr. James co-founded The Coalition to Advance Antiracism in Medicine (CAAM) in 2021, an advocacy group currently working toward new legislation that will create workplace protections for patients, healthcare workers and trainees of color against racial discrimination.

Dr. James’ work has gained national attention and has been featured on The Ellen Show, The Kelly Clarkson, NBC Nightly News,The New York Times, CNN and The Associated Press, among others.

This year, Dr. James was awarded The Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society for her work on antiracism pedagogy in medical education.

Dr. James was awarded The Martin Luther King Legacy Award by the Chicago Bulls.

Dr. James currently practices at a Federally Qualified Health Center on Chicago's South Side where her clinical and research interests include Black women’s health, complex chronic disease management and trauma-informed care.

Dr. James is a first-generation, slave-descended physician.