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The Center for Diversity and Inclusion Monthly eNews
April 2023
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Save the Date! CDI 2023 Gala and Graduation
Friday, June 9, 2023
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Mark your calendar for the annual Center for Diversity and Inclusion Gala and Graduation! Join us on Friday, June 9 @ 6:30 pm for an evening of fun, food and dancing on.
A formal email invitation will be sent under a separate cover to RSVP.
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Featuring Giovanni (Vanni) Rodriguez, MD
Emergency Medicine (PGY 3)
Vice Chair, CDI Resident and Fellow Committee (RFC)
For this month's Humans of CDI we caught up Dr. Vanni Rodriguez, PGY-3 EM resident and rising Chief Resident at Harvard’s Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program, and asked her about her role in CDI's RFC, what she appreciates most about CDI, and her best advice for UiM trainees.
To read Vanni's responses to these questions and more, click here.
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A Message from Drs. Cesar Castro and Julie Price | |
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As CDI Faculty co-Directors for Research, we have been working closely with the CDI team to create a plan to promote our UiM MGH researcher workforce. We continue to work to expand investigative networks and catalyze the cross-pollination of ideas. Through enhanced, meaningful, and fruitful collaborations, we are poised to enact sustained change to address longstanding structural challenges facing UiM investigators. It has been a pleasure to meet members of our UiM community and we look forward to future opportunities to do so.
Below are two opportunities to connect with us and here about our progress:
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Individual 1:1 consultations: We invite you to meet with either of us to discuss your research ambitions, lessons learned, and how we can leverage MGH’s collective resources to favorably shape your professional narratives. Please sign up through our individual Calendly sites (links below).
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Diversity Supplement Panel Discussion: This panel discussion will be held on Friday, May 12, 2023, 12p – 1p. Please see the announcement below for details and to RSVP.
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We very much look forward to meeting and engaging with you very soon! | |
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CDI Diversity Supplement Panel Discussion
Friday, May 12, 12 pm
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Diversity supplements support and provide researchers with a mentor-directed opportunity that fosters and expands the research capabilities, knowledge, and skills of trainee-candidates who are underrepresented in medicine. The diversity supplement panel will share tips on applying for NIH diversity supplements and their experience as trainee recipients and awardees of diversity supplements. Please use the links below to register for the virtual panel discussion and to submit questions you’d like the panel to discuss. Click to enlarge the flier. | |
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The Chester Pierce Research Society
Wednesday, June 21, 12 pm
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Pathways to Science and Medicine: Seeking Mentors! | |
Leadership Program and Other Funding | |
2023 - 2024 Disparities Leadership Program Announcement - Request for Applications | |
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The Disparities Leadership Program (DLP) is now taking applications for the 2023-2024 class. Letters of intent are due Friday, June 23, 2023, and applications are due Friday, July 7, 2023. The DLP is a year-long executive education program designed for leaders from health care organizations who want to implement practical strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care, particularly through quality improvement. To date, over 553 participants from 229 organizations representing 35 states, Washington D.C., the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Canada, and Switzerland have participated in the program.
To read more about the program application and timeline, click here.
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Additional Funding Opportunities | |
Click here for a list of selected external and internal funding opportunities. | |
2023-24 Resident and Fellow Committee Elections
Application Deadline: Friday, April 28
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Are you interested in gaining leadership skills and making a difference for MGH UiM trainees and the broader Boston community? Here's your chance by running for one of the open RFC positions!
Click here to learn more and apply.
Candidate statements and pictures are due by Friday, April 28, 2023.
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CFD TEDxMGH April Release | |
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Finding my Voice during COVID through the History of the Mask
Shan W. Liu, MD, SD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine Physician, Mother and Children’s Book Author, shares how the COVID pandemic led her to bridge a four-generation distance between her great-grandfather and her young daughter thanks to a creative project. In so doing, she came to recognize that the mask, one symbol of the pandemic and the subject of that creative project, gave her a voice she didn’t know she had. Click for video.
The TEDxMGH videos present inspirational stories from the MGH community, including how people have handled challenges through innovation, resilience, vulnerability, and connection. The TEDxMGH platform hosts a monthly series of 10-12 min. stories by your colleagues that cover far-reaching topics – from antiracism and social justice to climate change, laughter, coping with loss, COVID-19, and living and working with depression.
Interested in giving a TEDxMGH talk? Click below and tell us your story.
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External Events Featuring MGHers | |
NAHSE Talks: Inequity - the Impact on Researchers of Color
Saturday, April 29, 10 am
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27th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace
Sunday, May 14, 8 am
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2023 Leadership & Faculty Development Program Conference and Minority Health Policy Annual Meeting
May 10 -12, 2023
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HMS SNMA Celebrates Juneteenth BBQ
Saturday, June 17, 3 - 6 pm, 2023
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Congratulations and Recognition | |
UIM Psychiatry residents win the 2023 American Psychiatric Association Awards! These are highly competitive national awards that provide residents with advanced training opportunities to become leaders in the psychiatry field. | |
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William Butler, MD
APA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
For general psychiatry residents with potential for leadership in child and adolescent psychiatry.
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Lauren Fields, MD
APA/APAF Leadership Fellowship
For residents with demonstrated capacity to become national leaders in the field of organized psychiatry.
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Ganaelle Joseph-Senatus, MD
APA Diversity Leadership Fellowship
For residents interested in leading clinical care and education to improve services for minority and vulnerable populations.
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Juliana Zambrano, MD, MPH
SAMHSA Minority Fellowship
For residents interested in becoming leaders who are committed to addressing minority psychiatric mental health issues.
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Jonathan Jackson, PhD, executive director, MGH Community Access, Recruitment and Engagement (CARE) Research Center, was named to STAT’s Status List for 2023. The Status List includes 46 individuals who are known as leaders and influencers in areas including biotechnology and public health as well as largely unheralded heroes. Jackson was recognized for longstanding efforts to better understand and address ethnic and racial differences in Alzheimer’s disease research and treatment. | | |
Sophia C. Kamran, MD, director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Radiation Oncology, received a 2023 Harvard Medical School (HMS) Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award. The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a significant commitment to enhancing diversity and inclusion at HMS and its teaching hospitals. | |
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Renee Salas, MD, MS, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, received a 2023 Innovator in Health Award from the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI). This award recognizes the innovation and collaboration of individuals whose work advances NEHI’s mission to improve the quality of health care for patients and families. | |
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Black Representation in the Primary Care Physician Workforce and Its Association With Population Life Expectancy and Mortality Rates in the US,
JAMA NetwOpen. 2023;6(4):e236687
This study's findings suggest that greater representation of Black PCPs in the PCP workforce is associated with improved survival-related outcomes for Black individuals. Read the full article here.
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The Center for Diversity and Inclusion
55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 123
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-3832
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