Greetings,
Last month, we completed our JEDI Council meetings for the academic year. Since our last meeting, I have shared the 2019-2020 D&I survey results with the Student Government Association as well as at the all faculty meeting. As part of the follow-up, I forwarded information to the SGA president about organizational JEDI goals and the D&I survey dissemination timeline. I will also be reaching out to department chairs to share qualitative themes so they are aware of opportunities to improve the climate within their departments. In addition, I will be presenting the JEDI core competencies at the June Academic Council meeting with examples of how they can be implemented by various academic departments.
Aligned with our work with academic departments, please check out the latest edition of the IHP Magazine! It features the latest information on the JEDI curriculum integration efforts across departments and highlights the work Dr. Callie Watkins Liu is doing to provide support to academic departments and faculty. Please also check out older editions of the IHP Magazine for articles related to the JEDI Office, including the invisible labor guidelines, the JEDI Fellows Program, Five Questions.
Transparency and communication are so important. We try to use the JEDI Newsletter to provide quick updates and last month, we hosted an information session to share updates on institutional JEDI efforts. We also try to re-share information from other spaces (e.g., IHP Magazine) so that you can check out these resources for reference. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have suggestions or ideas about how we can better conduct outreach to IHP communities and provide support. In the coming weeks, we hope to conduct an information session with IHP alumni to give then an update on our office as well as scheduling a JEDI workshop with them.
As we near the close of the academic year, I look forward to attending my first IHP in-person Commencement and seeing all of the graduates and their loved ones participating in the festivities. I joined the IHP in July 2019 and like everyone, was not expecting the pandemic. It will be great for us to reconnect and celebrate student/alumni successes for the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022! Other things I will be looking forward to in no particular order are:
- working with the selection committee to select our inaugural JEDI Leadership Award recipient;
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attending the IHP JEDI Community of Practice members and facilitating two workshops at Faculty Development Day;
- serving as a panelist on the “AAPI Women in Leadership: Anti-Racism, Allyship, and Growing Navigational Capital” event hosted by the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership;
- participating as a panelist for the 2022 MGB DE&I Summit on trauma and AAPI communities; and
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Power, Privilege, and Positionality opening up in D2L! As a reminder, there is a 100% annual participation goal for all faculty and staff.
As we are in AAPI Heritage Month and the theme of this year’s PPP is health at the intersection of race and immigration, I wanted to share this quick read from Actress Kieu Chinh’s memoir about her escape from Saigon. The Fall of Saigon happened on April 30, 1975, and refugees fled by plane and boat for many years after. I came to the US in the 1980s after a short stay at a refugee camp in Thailand, other members of my family were sponsored by a Church in Canada. We don’t talk much about the trauma of wars past and present and I am hoping we can use the space at PPP to learn more the experiences of refugees and immigrants in the US and how we can provide better patient-centered care.
Until next month,
Kimberly A. Truong, PhD
Chief Equity Officer
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- Recruiting JEDI Fellows
- Upcoming IHP JEDI Events
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JEDI Office and IHP JEDI Updates
- Continued JEDI Learning
- Wellness Resource Sharing
- Community Events
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The mission of the JEDI Fellows Program is to support the healthcare profession by engaging students in becoming life-long JEDI learners. JEDI Fellows work closely with academic programs to advance JEDI work and efforts at the IHP; including embedding the JEDI core competencies in curricula that often inadequately addresses how to care for patients of color. A main component of our program is the cohort experience where together, JEDI Fellows navigate the experiences of doing JEDI work through collaboration and building community with one another. JEDI Fellows are paid an hourly wage for the JEDI work they perform. Reach out to Jammy for more information at: jmillet@mghihp.edu.
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Sign Up to Participate in PPP
In June 2020, President Paula Milone-Nuzzo announced a 100% participation goal for faculty, staff, and incoming students annually. This year's iteration of PPP, starting in June 2022, will focus on health at the intersection of race and immigration.
The next PPP will be held on June 6th, 3:30-5:00pm (with asynchronous engagement on D2L for a month prior to it), via Zoom. If you are interested in participating in PPP, please sign up here. The deadline to sign up to participate is May 4th.
You do not want to miss out on the June PPP! Our confirmed speakers are Monique Nguyen and Dr. Cristina Alonso of Matahari Women Workers' Center and La Colaborativa, respectively.
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Mental Health First Aid Certification for Faculty/Staff/Administration and Students Being Offered
To date 36 faculty/staff members have been trained in Mental Health First Aide in two courses conducted by Luella Benn and Mike Boutin. Future training dates for faculty staff trainings are forthcoming and will be scheduled between Spring & Summer then Summer & Fall Semesters - the new schedule has not yet been finalized.
Sessions are subject to change or cancellation based on enrollment.
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Mass General Brigham Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) 2022 Summit
The annual Mass General Brigham DE&I Summit will take place from May 23rd through May 27th. JEDI's Dr. Kimberly Truong will also be on a panel at the Summit. More information is forthcoming.
Learn more about MGB DE&I here.
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The Genetic Counseling Community: Restoring and Building Relationships
Friday, June 3rd, 8:00am-5:30pm
The Genetic Counseling Program's annual conference, "The Genetic Counseling Community: Restoring and Building Relationships" will be held on Friday, June 3rd in a hybrid format (either in-person at 1CW or livestreamed). Jammy Torres-Millet will be joining to lead a workshop in restorative justice. Attendance is free for MGB employees.
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JEDI Office and IHP JEDI Updates |
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From the Director of JEDI Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Faculty Support
Thank you for attending the Syllabus Audit Workshop!
Last month, Tony Sindelar (Instructional Design), Taneem Pota (Instructional Design) and I conducted a syllabus auditing workshop with faculty. In this workshop, we laid out a framework for thinking about your syllabus from a JEDI perspective, worked through specific examples and provided opportunities for participants to work on their own syllabi. We had over 40 registrants and participants appreciated having "very practical examples to help us implement change." Thank you to everyone who joined us for the workshop. You can find the recording and materials for this workshop and others here at the Instructional Design Teaching and Learning Resources D2L.
Power, Privilege and Positionality (PPP) Updates
Thank you, facilitators! The next Power, Privilege and Positionality Orientation is right around the corner. We have all of our facilitators for the June PPP, and they are reviewing their training materials before the online course opens in May. Thank you to everyone who signed up to be a facilitator this semester! It is still amazing to me how many people have in our community who are always ready to participate in this important program. For those who may be interested in facilitating at some point, but are worried if they are ready yet, basically if you have participated once, then try out being a facilitator the next time. There are training materials that help you prepare, and you are connected to the JEDI Office and other facilitators to help along the way, and if you realize you are not quite ready to be a facilitator yet, you can always do a different semester.
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PPP Participation. Now that we have our facilitators in place, we are looking for people who want to participate. As Kim mentioned in her message, there is a goal of 100% participation for faculty and staff within a thematic year. The June PPP is the first opportunity for this year, the other two sessions focused on the theme of “Health at the Intersection of Race and Immigration” will be in September and January. This semester, we are working with the Staff Council to help expand opportunities for staff participation in the PPP orientation, so keep an eye out for announcements.
Given the theme of health at the intersection of race and immigration, I can't help but to reflect on the current crisis unfolding in the Ukraine and all of the people currently fleeing for their lives. I am also thinking about "selective empathy" and whose stories are considered valuable to care about, and which ones might be ignored and disregarded. I also think about how that relates to structural racism and structural oppression. What would it look like for us to lead with Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in our empathy and practices?
These articles talk about the idea of selective empathy as they relate to the Ukraine:
An update from the JEDI Curriculum and Pedagogy Community of Practice.
In September 2021, the JEDI Office launched a JEDI Curriculum and Pedagogy community of practice within the IHP. This is a voluntary group for people moving curriculum and pedagogy work at the IHP. This space is an opportunity to share experiences, identify needs, develop initiatives, strengthen our work, provide mutual support, foster community, and advance strategic actions for the group and IHP. The current Community of Practice includes 13 participants from SON, GC, OT, IMPACT, CSD, PT, PA, the Online Pre-Requisites Program and Instructional Design. This past semester, we also had the invaluable support and participation of Ariel Lontoc OTD '22. Thank you again, Ariel, for everything that you do!
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Since September 2021, this group has: attended and discussed workshops about syllabi and racial justice and Equity Minded Data; created a living work plan; come together around understanding how we want to use our group and what members want to get out of it; discussed how the group wanted to engage with the broader IHP; discussed priorities for our JEDI curriculum and pedagogy work; and explored various initiatives that the group or members of the group could implement. We hope that you will join us for our first IHP-wide Faculty Development Day sessions on May 9th and 16th. More information can be found here.
I'd like to thank Jessica Bell from Library and Instructional Design for all of her support in making these sessions possible.
Warm regards,
Dr. Callie Watkins Liu
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From the Associate Director of Social Justice Education and Student Engagement
Happy May IHP Family!
This month I am reflecting on the end of my first academic year at the IHP, specifically on everything that I have learned about my work and our community. One of the biggest impacts on me this academic year, has been recognizing how most of the deep conversations and changes that I have been a part of, have been a direct result of student advocacy and activism. Whether JEDI Fellows, Student Organizations or one student advocating on behalf of themselves, these students have invited me into conversations that have in one academic year, caused deep, meaningful impact, and change within our community. This is MAJOR! I expressed to a student recently that “if ‘they’ hadn’t put me in that room, in that conversation, none of these conversations or major changes would have happened.” Students are largely responsible for many of my successes this year, including sparking deep self-reflection within me. I often tell them “You have in many ways taught me how to do my job this year, and I am thankful that I listened closely.”
I am also so proud of how the JEDI Fellows program has evolved this year and I am looking forward even more so, to working with my JEDI office family and Program Leaders to enhance the experience for everyone who supports the program over the next month! Additionally, part of the growth of the JEDI Fellows program this year has been the strong emphasis on building community and self-care, so seeing members of our little family move on is both beautiful and sad at the same time. On this note, this year, I get to experience graduating my first JEDI Fellows, two beautiful and powerful human beings, who have created major impact within their programs and within the JEDI office; Vanessa Bertrand PA 22’ and Brianna Abbas CSD 22’. So proud to have learned so much from them both, I am forever grateful.
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We are now looking for new JEDI Fellows for the 22’-23’ academic year! Please share this flyer and application link with students who you believe may benefit from the JEDI Fellowship experience.
In Peace,
Jammy C. Torres-Millet, MSW
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News from Accessibility Services
On Saturday, April 30, sixteen students met up to hike Mt. Monadnock. Luella Benn and Jessica Upton, co-chairs of the Personal Growth and Exploration subcommittee of the Wellness Council planned this event which was open to hikers of all experience levels. Transportation was provided allowing students who may not otherwise have access the opportunity to participate and experience the known physical, mental and social benefits of hiking.
Kira Kearney, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, 2022 completed her Advanced Dissertation Experience with Accessibility Resources this semester. Kira will be presenting the results of research on the experience of IHP graduate students with disabilities to key stakeholders across the IHP.
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Do you have updates and resources to share with us?
Please email jedi@mghihp.edu to share any news, updates, JEDI-related projects with us. If there are JEDI-related resources you use and would like to share with others, please let us know. We would love to celebrate with you as well as share information about resources with the IHP community in our Newsletter!
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Creating Health Professions Learning Environments Inclusive of Those with Disabilities
In the ninth episode of the podcast Vital Voices, Holly J. Humphrey of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and Dr. Lisa Meeks, a researcher with expertise in disability inclusion in medical education and founder of Docs With Disabilities, have a candid conversation on how health professions education can better support students, residents, and faculty with disabilities.
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Why Pronouncing Students' Names Correctly is So Important
The Higher Education Chronicle's Race on Campus' Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez explores how names are often tied to cultural identity and the importance of correctly pronouncing the names of students correctly.
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The APA's Inclusive Language Guidelines
Through their Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Office, the APA is systemically and institutionally examining, acknowledging, and creating a forward path in acknowledging its role in racism and other forms of destructive social hierarchies. The organization is acknowledging the harms and committing to true change via avoiding language that perpetuates harm or offense toward members of marginalized communities.
With this, the APA has released new inclusive language guidelines to create psychologically safe, inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environments.
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Making Space for Affinity Groups
Affinity groups often offer a platform for marginalized identities to feel safe, empowered, and able to be expressive. Learning for Justice explores both the importance of affinity groups and the process of creating, coordinating, and launching affinity groups in all schools. Additionally, Learning for Justice offers guidance on preparing for pushback and how to center student voices. Read more here.
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Is it a Microaggression?
It is crucial to educate institutional culture about microaggressions to help faculty and staff understand what they are and how they work in order to change institutional culture. Myron R. Anderson, Ph.D. and Kathryn S. Young, Ph.D, two leading experts on hierarchical microaggressions, discuss how microaggressions operate within an academic workspace and offer a few quick tips for identifying and reducing them. Read more here.
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Support Reproductive Healthcare (Take Action Tuesdays)
Take Action Tuesdays, a Women, Gender, and Health-sponsored initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is a weekly advocacy initiative for timely issues at the intersection of social justice and public health. Every Tuesday, you can find Take Action Tuesday's "5-minute for social justice campaign" in the WGH Newsletter. Last week's Take Action Tuesday raised awareness about International Worker's Day, which was Sunday, May 1st.
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Upcoming Gender Affirming Surgery Series
The Gender Affirmation Center will be offering two upcoming surgery sessions. These sessions are open to youth, parents/caregivers, and professionals, and are available on a sliding scale fee (from free to $15) for admission. All of those who sign-up will receive copies of the recordings a few days after the events.
To register, click on the names of each event.
Saturday, May 7, 1pm-3:00pm
Zoom
Presented by Dr. Ellie Zara Ley MD, a recognized expert with vast experience and knowledge in all aspects of transgender and gender diverse surgical care.
Saturday, May 14, 1pm-2:00pm
Zoom
Presented by Dr. Alexander Facque, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon with the Gender Confirmation Center of San Francisco.
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Ongoing JEDI Office Resources
Libguides and Padlet (reach out to Callie for the passwords)
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Wellness Resource Sharing |
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Special Circumstances Form
The Financial Aid Office is available to assist students who may be experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The Financial Aid Committee will review each application submitted to determine if a student is eligible for funding. We encourage students who have experienced financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 crisis to apply.
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Free Headspace Account through MGB EAP
- 1000+ hours of mindfulness and sleep content
- Mini exercises for busy schedules
- Proven to reduce stress in just 10 days
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GreenPath Financial Counseling (free)
MGH IHP is an institutional member of the Harvard University Employees Credit Union. Students, staff, and faculty (whether or not you are a member of HUECU) have access to the GreenPath Financial Wellness Program.
As part of this program, you can take advantage of free one-on-one credit, budget, debt repayment and federal student loan counseling. A caring GreenPath expert will take time to understand your financial situation and develop a personalized plan that works for you.
In addition, GreenPath offers the following self-serve resources:
Free Webinars Register today for a free financial webinar presented by GreenPath education professionals. Or watch a recorded webinar at your convenience.
Financial Education Library These articles may help you get out of debt, stay out of debt, plan for major purchases and make smart financial decisions.
GreenPath Newsletter Pathways, GreenPath’s monthly newsletter, offers personal finance advice, tips and financial news updates.
Greenpath Blog GreenPath bloggers provide timely tips and insight on financial issues that may impact you.
Learning Lab+ GreenPath knows that the key to financial wellness is financial education, and that’s why they have developed Learning Lab+, a free online education portal designed by experts.
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Lyra
Lyra is an AllWays Health Partners-sponsored benefit that connects Mass General Brigham employees and their dependents, who have Mass General Brigham Select or Plus employee health plans, to mental and emotional health care that is effective, convenient and personalized. Using technology, proven treatments and a network of top therapists and coaches, Lyra will match you to the right care for your needs, from short-term therapy and coaching to mental wellness tools.
The Employee Perks Intranet page is on Ask My HR!
Ask My HR is the place for all your HR and Benefit needs. It is accessible 24/7 from work, home, and mobile so you can check out the discounts you love whenever you want, wherever you want. Access Ask My HR here: www.askmyHRportal.com. Questions or comments? Email mghperks@partners.org.
If you have any money-saving tips to share with the IHP community, please send them our way at jedi@mghihp.edu!
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The Time of Slavery: History, Politics, and the Constitution
featuring Ariela Gross, 2021-2022 Joy Foundation Fellow, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at the University of Southern California and codirector of USC Center of Law, History, and Culture.
Wednesday, May 4th, starting at noon
Zoom
This Harvard Radcliffe Institute lecture will be led by Ariela Gross, who will look at the way history and the memory of slavery reverberate through law, culture, and politics in debates about reparations, affirmative action, and other forms of redress for a past that lives on in the present.
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The Soul of a Movement: Reimagining Justice with Community
featuring Carnegie Hall's Ayanna M. Cole, Operation Restoration's Syrita Steib, and ThirdSpace ActionLab's Mordecai Cargill and Brandon Wafford
Wednesday, May 4th, starting at 1PM.
Zoom
Join Kresge Foundation's Kresege Culture of Justice initiative partners for a webinar on how arts and culture and community organizing can challenge and reimagine traditional notions of community justice.
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Colleges of the Fenway: Faculty & Staff of Color Virtual Coffee Hour
moderated by Simmons University President. Lynn Perry Wooten
featuring Carol Fulp, CEO of Fulp Diversity LLC & author of Success Through Diversity: Why The Most Inclusive Companies Will Win
Friday, May 6th, 9:30-11am
At the May Faculty & Staff of Color Virtual Coffee Hours, faculty and staff of color from Colleges of the Fenway and the New England region will have the opportunity to network and make community. Allies and friends are welcome.
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Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring
Saturday, May 7th, 12-2:30PM
Zoom
The African American Policy Forum will re-screen their third Summer School plenary session from last year: "From Suppressing the Vote to Suppressing Ideas: Using CRT to Fight Racialized Disenfranchisement and Silencing." After the screening, plenary guests Sumi Cho and Robyn Marasco will host a live Q&A.
Deadline to register is May 6th at 7PM.
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The Commonwealth Institute's 6th Annual Town Hall: Leading Through Extraordinary Times
featuring Bob Higgins, President of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Executive Vice President of Mass General Brigham; Jackie Jenkins Scott, Interim President of Roxbury Community College; Rana el Kaliouby, Deputy CEO of Smart Eye and Co-Founder of Affectiva; Lee Pelton, President & CEO of the Boston Foundation; and Jane Steinmetz, Boston Office Managing Principal of EY.
Wednesday May 11th, 7:30-10:00am
Seaport Hotel
The Commonwealth Institute's 6th Annual Town Hall event is a unique opportunity to discuss top-of-mind issues with several Massachusetts business leaders spanning healthcare, education, technology, finance, and nonprofit.
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The Commonwealth Institute's 6th Annual Town Hall: Leading Through Extraordinary Times
Saturday, May 14th, starting at 7:30PM
Emerson Paramount Center
ArtsEmerson's Shared Stories Film Series will present a collection of 3 short films, Plague at the Golden Gate, Chelsea: An Essential City, and This Body, on Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Emerson Paramount Theater. The films reflect the relationship between communities of color, health disparities, and public health crises from a historical lens to the present.
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GLSEN Massachusetts Now Accepting Applications for Board Members
The GLSEN Massachusetts Board is searching for a new Board Member. GLSEN Massachusetts Board Members are the decision makers and ambassadors for creating safe schools throughout the Commonwealth. They are a working Board of a Directors and a 100% volunteer-led, non-profit organizations. Individuals of all sexual and gender/identities are welcomed; youth, BIPOC, people with varying (Dis)Abilities, and trans-feminine people, are encouraged to apply.
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2023 Macy Faculty Scholars Application Now Open
The Macy Faculty Scholars Program is designed to identify and nurture the careers of promising educators and future leaders in medicine and nursing.
Macy Faculty Scholars receive up to $200,000 of salary support over two years to implement an educational scholarly project in their home institutions. They also participate in a program of career development activities and build meaningful connections with a national network of mentors and peers—all with the goal of preparing them for leadership roles.
The deadline for applications is August 1, 2022.
Visit the website and read the program brochure to learn more and get started on your application. SAVE THE DATE: An informational webinar for applicants will be held on June 1, 2022, at 12:00 pm ET. RSVP here.
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The MGH International Skin of Color Online Lecture Series
A virtual course with 6 hours of physician and nursing CME credit, and open to all members of our medical community.
There will be opportunities for interactive Q&A with to test your knowledge and get support from our faculty.
There's also a 20% discount for our MGH community and all affiliates. Just use the code MGB20 to register. The course is heavily discounted for our residents ($80).
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