Appears In: “Champion Spotlight”
Champion Spotlight: Health Equity Leadership Diversity Initiative
Diversity • January 12, 2024
This month, we spoke with Maria Portela MD, MPH, the Director of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative (HELDI). This residential fellowship program is committed to diversifying leadership in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by providing fellows training, mentorship, and HHS agency placement....
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month
Diversity • September 30, 2023
In homage to Hispanic Heritage Month, I would like to highlight some of the many outstanding Hispanic individuals in our team working and leading work to achieve equity for individuals belonging to vulnerable populations....
Disability in Medicine – August Newsletter with Mytien Nguyen
Diversity • September 1, 2023
View this email in your browser Disability in Medicine — Guest Editor Mytien Nguyen My name is Mytien Nguyen, MS and I am a MD-PhD candidate, student advocate, and husky lover dedicated to promoting justice and equity through community engagement and research. I have been privileged to be a part of a community of trainee scholars and mentors that...
DEI and Affirmative Action – July 2023 Newsletter
Diversity • July 31, 2023
The Supreme Court has now placed major limitations on the use of race-conscious admission policies, which is compounded by new bills passed against DEI offices in higher education. As a national alliance, now is the time for us to leverage the resources we have and work together to ensure a diverse health workforce....
Advocacy and DEI – June 2023 Newsletter with Robert Rock
Diversity • June 30, 2023
As advocates for a socially conscious system of health professional education and a health system accountable to the needs of all of society, we must continue to push for justice in the face of mounting opposition. We must keep an eye on the changing landscape as we persist in innovating new ways to force equity into inherently inequitable systems....
Press Release: Responding to SCOTUS Opinion on Race Conscious Admissions
Diversity • June 29, 2023
The Social Mission Alliance is greatly disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision to limit the use of race as a factor in higher education admissions, which is likely to hinder the development of a health workforce reflective of the American population it serves....
April Newsletter With Guest Editor Ed Salsberg
Diversity • April 28, 2023
This month, we invited our Diversity Initiative’s lead researcher, Edward Salsberg to be our guest editor. Please enjoy this month’s content focused on diversity in the health workforce....
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Biomedical Workforce, and Advancing Health Disparities and Health Equity Research
Diversity • December 2, 2022
Recommending a strategic approach to incresing the impact of NIH funding to address health equity. About the report Racial equity, diversity, and inclusion are core to the issues of health workforce equity – how the health workforce addresses (or maintains) health disparities. We commend the NIH for seeking to act in this important area. In light of ongoing challenges with...
The Race and Ethnicity of the California Health Workforce
Diversity • December 2, 2022
The Health Workforce Diversity Initiative analyzes the diversity of the population in one state, California, compared to the diversity of its health professions workforce, thanks to funding from the California Endowment. About the Report Having a health workforce that reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of the population matters. A diverse workforce impacts access to quality of and outcomes of...
Estimation and Comparison of Current and Future Racial/Ethnic Representation in the US Health Care Workforce
Diversity • December 2, 2022
Are Black, Hispanic, and Native American (ie, American Indian or Alaska Native) populations underrepresented in the health care professions in the US, and does the educational pipeline show greater representation of these groups in the future health care workforce? About the Report In this cross-sectional study of 2019 data from the American Community Survey and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data...
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