The Future of Work is Diverse, Inclusive, Just and Equitable
GlobalMindED closes the equity gap by creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline through connections to role models, mentors, internships for low-income students, returning adults, First Gen to college and inclusive leaders who teach them, work with them and hire them.
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Third Culture Grad and ER Doctor Innovates with Personalized Health: Meet Global Inclusive Leader, Larissa May
Dr. Larissa May, M.D. has designed and led many clinical and Public Health Projects within her career. She has also served on multiple national and International committees on emergency medicine, specifically in antibiotics and infectious diseases. Dr. May is also a Center of Disease Control and Prevention expert. In 2018-2019 she co-led a statewide Emergency Department Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative with the California Department of Public Health. Dr. May received her M.D., MSPH in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and MSHS in Clinical and Translational Research from George Washington University. She is a professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of Emergency Medicine Innovation and External Partnerships at the University of California-Davis.
What is your personal story?
My career path has been a journey with many forks in the road. I grew up the only child of a U.S. diplomat and spent the first 16 years of my life in frequent moves, experiencing various cultures and having to make friends quickly with persons of diverse backgrounds. I carried this experience and resilience through my academic pursuits.
Medical school was my first opportunity to see society through the lens of vulnerable populations and the best and worst in others. Ultimately, I realized my privilege and wanted to apply this in my career and to serve my organizations and community. My drive to find better ways to deliver quality care led me to pursue a career in clinical research at the intersection of quality improvement. As a board-certified emergency medicine physician in active clinical practice in academic centers for 16 years, I am excited by the potential opportunities for institutional and professional growth and joined the executive MBA program in healthcare administration at CU Denver.
At the same time, I had a unique opportunity to provide health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. I had always been focused on public health. I stepped up when the opportunity came to serve as the Yolo County Health Officer in Fall of 2020. However, it was a huge learning curve for me professionally and somewhat taxing personally. I continue to provide service in the COVID response to two local counties, Yolo and Sacramento, and my son’s school. I recently served as team lead for the K-12 schools cohort for the California Department of Public Health Testing COVID-19 Task Force.
Many opportunities present themselves without being expected. Beyond caring for individual patients, I fully realize the impact of a broader role influencing diagnostic testing for tens of thousands of patients in our UC Davis public health screening program that links HIV- and HCV-positive patients to care. In addition, we serve millions of K-12 students in California and participate in consulting on clinical development, strategy, and clinical implementation for diagnostics and biopharmaceuticals that will shift the paradigm of how we care for patients. I plan to leverage my new skills and expanded successes in programmatic leadership to pursue and advocate for a position with a broader role in the strategic implementation of innovative tools in medicine and business development in innovation entrepreneurship.
What makes you a remarkable global leader?
My chosen emergency medicine profession provided a natural setting for developing leadership skills. Through the team-based multidisciplinary approach, physicians in training, nurses, technologists, and other health professionals grow and learn from those they serve, our patients, through the mutual exchange of knowledge for the betterment of patient care. I have taught courses on emergency care and the management of infectious diseases globally. I am currently on sabbatical in the Netherlands, developing guidelines for antibiotic stewardship in European emergency departments and teaching infectious diseases at a course designed for visiting medical students from low- and middle-income countries.
Many challenges we face in healthcare, including barriers to access, social determinants of health, and communication, are global issues. We can learn from how others around the world approach these. I continue to pay back and pay forward the mentorship I have received over the years from my advisors, faculty, and colleagues—one is never too young to be a mentor or too old to be a mentee. Great mentors help create leaders.
What advice do you have for other women who want to break through barriers?
My charge to my mentees is that no matter what your field of study, whether starting your first career or entering a new one, continue to seek out mentors and sponsors in your profession and your pursuits and be ambassadors for creativity and innovation. Later on, sponsors (both men and women) who can advocate for you and recommend you for roles that lead to visibility are the key to breaking down barriers. For example, I was the first emergency physician to focus my career on the problem of antibiotic resistance. I am the first in medical school to take a sabbatical to learn about and apply innovation and entrepreneurship to clinical practice. I strive to live by the words of the famous feminist Gloria Steinem: “Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” So dream big; take many small steps and a few big ones. That is how barriers get broken.
How can GlobalMindED advance your goals as an inclusive leader?
I learned I needed to align my VALUES of integrity, scientific excellence, innovation, and creativity to my career pathway. My goals and passion are to promote a culture of innovation and team engagement by identifying high-priority areas for developing processes to promote the best patient outcomes, data-driven performance improvement, and enhanced patient experience, with an equity focus on healthcare access and delivery, particularly underserved patients. I am identifying and expanding my list of allies, mentors, and sponsors to achieve this goal. Mentorship is a shared experience, an opportunity to admit our weaknesses, lend our strengths, and promote each other’s growth while sharing the common goal of improving human experiences. I am inspired by a passion for lifelong learning and the critical relationship between mentorship and leadership. I hope to help share my experiences with others and learn from those with different perspectives. GlobalMindedED is a place to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and share best practices for inclusive leadership.
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Join us in Denver June 7-9 for GlobalMindED 2023
Early Bird Registration Open Now
GlobalMindED 2023 June 7-9 Denver Sheraton
To get a feel for the conference experience, please see this brief video by The PhD Project from the 2022 GlobalMindED Conference, and the Complete 2022 Program
The 2022 Conference:
- 800+ attendees
- 140 students from 41 universities/colleges
- 300+ speakers from 65 universities/colleges and 47 businesses
- 130 universities/colleges represented
- Majority of panels featured at least one student
- 74 % diverse speakers
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First and Ten from the One Yard Line - Moving the Educational Justice and Reparations Ball Forward in the Black Community
Hear from champions and leaders doing the work to eliminate educational equity and exploring how to realistically attain the “Forty Acres and a Mule.” Learn about efforts, obstacles, and opportunities to ensure educational and economic equity become a true element of the lived experience of Black and African Americans.
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First and Ten from the One Yard Line - Moving the Educational Justice and Reparations Ball Forward in the Black Community, a Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable presentation
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Dr. Ryan Ross; Assoc. V. Chancellor Student Affairs, Equity, & Inclusion, Colorado Community College System
Eric McDonnell; Chair, African American Reparations Advisory Committee, City and County of San Francisco
Dr. Christopher Mathis; Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, College of Law Professor
Sadé Cooper; Co-Founder & CEO Collaborative Healing Initiative within Communities
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The GlobalMindED Inclusive Success NetworkTM had another banner year of growth, impact, and outcomes for First Generation, poverty-affected and minoritized students. Here are some of the highlights:
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Return of in-person GlobalMindED conference with record attendance and the largest First Gen Leadership Class ever of 122 student leaders. See PhD Project brief video of the event.
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Our fourth annual Inclusive Leader Awards recognized 15 DEIB leaders across sectors.
- Almost all our 100+ panels and sessions of 2022 featured a student.
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Of the 300+ speakers, 73% were diverse leaders sharing their thoughts.
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We held our first Industry Marketplace Career Exploration Arena at GlobalMindED 2022 with 40 companies, giving K-12, college students, educators, and leaders a way to learn about emerging fields and careers. Join us for the next one at GlobalMindED 2023.
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Our first satellite event at Georgia Institute of Tech was livestreamed via the Atlanta PBS affiliate.
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We became an official initiative of the Foundation for the Support the United Nations (FSUN) and will hold our first UN event on March 22, 2023.
- ·We served ten colleges with the GlobalMindED Success Collaborative connecting students at each HBCU, MSI, HIS and Tribal College with role models, mentors, internships, and jobs.
- We had partners/volunteers from Microsoft, Salesforce, Rubrik, HP, Stanford MBA and more.
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We spoke at the White House Initiative for HBCUs with sponsor Hewlett Packard.
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Our team, Board, Colorado Board and Executive Leadership Council are all majority diverse serving a majority diverse population of emerging leaders.
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We continued to publish our daily newsletter and conduct monthly virtual Equity events, led by people of color with majority diverse panelists and students. These are the role models for our students.
- Our annual operating budget increased by 67% emerging COVID strong.
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We doubled our staff from four to eight as we grow to scale our impact.
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Our Young Professionals grew to 40 strong, with a ten-person leadership cabinet made up of, but not limited to, graduates of our programs who are now working professionals.
- Since 2015, we have successfully connected 1,200+ students to internships and jobs.
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Our founder, Carol Carter, was recognized as one of the Most Powerful Women in Denver by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce and one of the Most Admired CEOs by the Denver Business Journal.
We are grateful for the support, inclusive leadership, and financial contributions of our community and sponsors who work tirelessly to open doors for the students we serve, the institutions who support them, and the businesses and non-profits who are committed to hiring a capable, diverse talent pipeline. We look forward to seeing all of you June 7-9 at our best event yet, GlobalMindED 2023 - Transforming Boundaries: Creating Systemic Access and Equity. The Inclusive Leaders Awards Dinner is June 7, followed by the conference June 8- 9 at the Denver Downtown Sheraton.
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