What does black history mean for our university, our school and our department? The Johns Hopkins Hospital was founded in 1889 on a then unusual premise that care would be provided “without regard to sex, age or color.” This is a great part of our history, but, in fact, race played major and complex roles in our history to date. Desegregation […]
Diversity
Implicit Bias Grand Rounds
Posted by | CMEDr. Arghavan Salles from Stanford University, Founding Member of TIME’S UP Healthcare, is the Visiting Professor on Thursday, February 6, 2020. She will be presenting Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds - “Implicit Biases and the Games They Play.” All School of Medicine faculty and staff are invited to attend. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate […]
Excellence in Diversity Symposium
Posted by | ResearchOn Thursday, November 7, 2019 from noon-6 p.m. in the Miller Research Building, Turner Concourse and Tilghman Auditorium Open to all Hopkins affiliates, the regional scientific community, friends, and family. For more information, click here.
JHU Diversity Leadership Council’s Diversity and Inclusion Conference
Posted by | LeadershipThe 16th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Conference will take place on October 18, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Homewood campus. This full-day conference opens with a morning plenary speaker and continental breakfast, followed by workshops and a luncheon keynote speaker. Workshop topics generally focus on issues such as recruitment and retention, defining […]
16th Annual Myron L. Weisfeldt Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diversity
Posted by | CME, EducationThe Department of Medicine Diversity Council and the School of Medicine Office of the Vice Dean for Faculty are thrilled to announce the visit of Dr. Gail Kerr as the 16th Annual Myron L. Weisfeldt Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diversity. Dr. Kerr is chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs […]
Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy
Posted by | EducationThe Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University (CFF) is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2019-2020 year. At the Harvard Medical School, Boston, applications are now being accepted for a one-year, degree-granting, full-time fellowship beginning July 2019. Application deadline is 5 p.m. on December 1, 2018. All application […]
Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine Initiative Comes to Hopkins
Posted by | Patient Care, ResearchThe Department of Medicine welcomes BRIM- Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine. The BRIM initiative is a NIH funded study to evaluate an evidence-based pro-diversity intervention throughout academic medicine. Despite having an explicit commitment to equality and fairness, stereotypes can influence our judgments, decision-making and behaviors in unwanted and unintended ways. Evidence from multiple disciplines including […]
AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
Posted by | LeadershipThis three-day in-person meeting aims to help minorities and underrepresented populations in academic medicine develop their communications, team building and change management capabilities in order to grow in their careers. September 13-16, 2018 Phoenix, Arizona WHO SHOULD ATTEND Early career racial and ethnic minority faculty who aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine. Senior clinical […]
AAMC Grant Writers Coaching Group
Posted by | ResearchThe Grant Writers Coaching Group for National Institute of Health (NIH) awards is designed for racial and ethnic minority faculty who are actively working on a K or R NIH grant proposal. The goal of the program is to support minority faculty in improving critical writing skills to strengthen grant proposals and increase diversity in medicine. […]