The PATIENTS Professors Academy (PPA) is in its second year. On this podcast episode, we are excited to have our director of methodological research and evaluation, Hillary Edwards, MPH, give a history lesson on the PPA and the evolution of the Summer Roundtable Series. The series is a free, virtual discussion on critical issues in health equity. The theme is ”ASTARISQ: Addressing systemic and STructurAl Racism to Improve Safety, Quality, and trustworthiness in health delivery systems.”