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Closing the Racial Gap in Health Care

The recently opened Center for Health Disparities, which is part of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., is on a mission to close the racial gap in health care. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with the center's deputy director, Dr. Evelyn Lewis, about the center's strategy.

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