The Diversity Leadership Council’s 13th Annual Diversity Conference will be on Friday, October 21, on the Homewood Campus. This year’s conference will include a wide range of diversity workshops and our plenary speaker will be Dr. Robert Higgins, Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Surgeon-in-Chief. We’re thrilled to have the Director of Research of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)(...)
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2015 Diversity Annual Report
Posted by | AdministrationThe 2015 Diversity Annual Report was recently released highlighting both people and programs working to promote equality and combat health disparities within the Johns Hopkins Medicine community. This inaugural issue created by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion features Namandje Bumpus, associate professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Lisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal(...)
AAMC Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar
Posted by | AdministrationMinority junior faculty and post docs are invited to attend the AAMC Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar from September 15-18 in San Antonio, Texas. Join us for this unique opportunity to acquire the skills and tools that you need to succeed in academic medicine while networking with senior leaders from around the country. The AAMC(...)
Cooper Receives Faculty Awards for Diversity and Mentoring
Posted by | CongratulationsLisa Cooper, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, received not one, but two of Johns Hopkins University's newly established awards for faculty. She was presented with the Provost's Prize for Faculty Excellence in Diversity in a ceremony on the Homewood campus on May 10. This $50,000 prize honors faculty who exemplify JHU's commitment to institutional(...)
2016 Diversity Leadership Council Diversity Recognition Awards
Posted by | CongratulationsFour from the Department of Medicine will be honored at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 10 from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood Campus as recipients of the 2016 Diversity Recognition Awards sponsored by the Diversity Leadership Council. Congratulations to: Alicia Arbaje, assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics Rachel Levine, associate professor(...)
Samuel Dagogo-Jack,13th Annual Myron L. Weisfeldt Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diversity
Posted by | CMEThe Department of Medicine Diversity Council and the School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Cultural Competence are thrilled to announce the visit of Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack as the 13th Annual Myron L. Weisfeldt Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diversity. Dr. Dagogo-Jack is president of Medicine and Science for the American Diabetes Association and chief of(...)
Diversity Recognition Awards
Posted by | LeadershipThe Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council is seeking nominations for its 14th annual Diversity Recognition Awards. These awards recognize exceptional contributions of faculty, staff and students in advancing and celebrating diversity and inclusiveness at Johns Hopkins. Faculty, staff and students from all divisions of Johns Hopkins are eligible to receive the award. Current members of the Johns Hopkins Institutions(...)
Mid-Career Faculty Career Development Seminar
Posted by | CMEThe Association of American Medical Colleges will launch a new professional development program for mid-career minority faculty on September 18-19 at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta in Atlanta Georgia. The Department of Medicine Diversity Council will assist with travel expenses for one mid-career faculty member who is accepted to attend. This seminar will address the specific(...)
Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar
Posted by | CMEThe Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar will take place the weekend of September 18-21 at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The Department of Medicine Diversity Council will assist with travel expenses for two faculty or fellows who are accepted to attend. The three-day seminar will aid junior faculty and post docs in attaining(...)
2015 Diversity Leadership Council Diversity Recognition Awards
Posted by | CongratulationsJen Hayashi was selected by the Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council to receive a 2015 Diversity Recognition Award along with Chelsea Ngongang, senior resident in the Bayview medicine program who has been a staunch advocate for diversity and inclusion in our residency programs and Bayview senior resident, Rachel Kruzan who has done extensive outreach work(...)