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The 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 […]
The 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 […]
This 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 […]
The 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. […]
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Genetic Medicine, Graduate Program in Human Genetics, Professional Development and Careers Office and the Office of Graduate Student Affairs are pleased to be hosting Dr. Andrew Hollenbach, professor of genetics at Louisiana State University, for a visit on May 1-2. Dr. Hollenbach has been highly active through the Association of American […]
Deidra Crews, associate professor in the Division of Nephrology and associate vice chair for diversity and inclusion, will speak at the 8th Annual Mosaic Initiative Lectureship in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology on Thursday, June 28 at 4-5 p.m. in the Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center, Level 1, Richard A. Grossi Auditorium (Bayview campus); reception to follow. Title […]
The 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. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo as the 15th Annual Myron L. Weisfeldt Distinguished Visiting Professor in Diversity. Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine, chair of the Department of […]
The Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council (DLC) is seeking nominations for its 16th annual Diversity Recognition Awards. These awards recognize exceptional contributions of faculty, staff and students in advancing and celebrating diversity and inclusion at Johns Hopkins. Faculty, staff and students from all divisions of Johns Hopkins are eligible to receive the award. Current members of the DLC are […]
The JHU Forums on Race in America will present a panel discussion titled "Six Months after Maria: Public Health Issues in Puerto Rico." Puerto Rico's already vulnerable infrastructure was exposed after the hurricane and now debris, structural damage, environmental hazards to water sources and drug shortages affecting the U.S. are just some of the areas […]
The Diversity Innovation Grants (DIG) Program was started by the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council in 2012. Over the past six years, DIG has funded innovative projects led by students, faculty and staff from across the university and the Johns Hopkins Health System that have impacted diversity and inclusion at Johns Hopkins. DIG has sparked such projects […]