Volume 4, Issue 11

The Impact of Race and Ethnicity on MS

In this issue:

The widely held belief that “MS rarely affects Black Americans” has been disputed by recent data. Not only has the overall prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the US increased, the incidence of MS diagnoses among Black Americans (compared to White Americans) has grown significantly larger. What do the current data say about disease severity, imaging findings, and disability progression among American Black and Hispanic people with MS? How should this new information affect practice?

Those are some of the questions addressed by Dr. Yujie Wang from the University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Kimystian Harrison, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, in this issue of eMultipleSclerosis Review.

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss the impact of race and ethnicity on MS severity and disease course.
  • Describe the impact of race and ethnicity on imaging findings in MS.

Authors:

Yujie Wang, MD
Yujie Wang, MD
Acting Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Kimystian Harrison, MD
Kimystian Harrison, MD

Neuroimmunology Fellow
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Program Directors:

Pavan Bhargava, MBBS, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Lisa Fox, PA-C, MPAS

Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Michael Kornberg, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Length of activity:

1.0 hour Physicians
1.0 contact hour Nurses

Launch date: September 20, 2022
Expiration date: September 19, 2024