Blog Topic: Diversity

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  How A Diversity-Focused Program Enabled a Childhood Orthopaedics Patient’s Research Dreams

  September 02, 2021

  McKay’s DEI committee — consisting of faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and staff — offers a welcoming environment and resources that support people of all identities, empowering them to bring forward unique perspectives to orthopaedic research.

  Orthopaedics Community Diversity
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  New Program Exposes Underrepresented Young Women to Careers in Cancer

  August 19, 2021

  Enrolling in the ACC’s Summer Health Experience, or SHE, program that introduces young women to careers in cancer, had placed Bintou Samassa virtually in front of a group she doesn’t often see: Black women in medicine.

  Cancer Diversity
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  A Seat at the Table with Penn INSPIRE

  July 27, 2021

  “We did not want to ask for a seat at the table. We wanted to break the mold and create our own table, where everyone would have a seat,” Jorge (Jay) Ortiz-Carpena said.

  Diversity
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  More than Just a Statement: A Year of Anti-Racism Efforts at Chester County Hospital

  June 29, 2021

  As many white CEOs issued statements supporting Black Lives Matter, CEO Mike Duncan was at a loss. What could a statement really do? This led to another question: As the leader of a hospital with many Black employees and a duty to care for the community, what could he do to understand the situation and use it as an opportunity?

  Diversity
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  Honing Cultural Humility Skills Can Improve Health Care as a Whole

  May 13, 2021

  “The practice of cultural humility involves viewing every encounter, be it with a patient or colleague, as a negotiation between two worldviews — yours and theirs,” said Jaya Aysola, MD, MPH.

  Diversity
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  An Award of Excellence: Department of Family Medicine Wins Inaugural Champion in Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Award

  March 04, 2021

  “I am extremely proud of the collaborative action of the group,” said Renée Betancourt, MD, an assistant professor and vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the department. “The true leadership within the task force comes from the individual task force members who propose initiatives and move our efforts forward. What we’ve been working for is incredibly important and special.”

  Diversity
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  Advocacy and Action: How Eve Higginbotham Is Dismantling Racist and Sexist Systems One Step at a Time

  September 10, 2020

  Through all of the challenges posed by COVID-19 and civil unrest alike, Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML, vice dean for Inclusion and Diversity and professor of Ophthalmology, has been busy sharing her voice and taking action.

  Diversity Women of Penn Human Interest Research In the News
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  #WomenofPenn: Seeds of Inspiration Rooted in Childhood

  May 09, 2019

  It only takes a moment for Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE, and Alina Mateo, MD, MS, to realize they have a great deal in common. Despite moving to the U.S. so early in life, the glimpses of poverty, disease, and disparities they both saw in their early years coupled with the challenges they faced as non-English speaking students, made an impression that continues to drive their careers.

  Women of Penn Family Medicine and Community Health Diversity
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  LGBT Health Panel Challenges Diverse Audience to ‘Be the Champion’

  April 04, 2018

  “No matter what field you’re in, be the champion,” Allison Myers, MD, MPH, said. “LGBT care is still relatively new and you can be the champion within your realm for patients. Be an advocate and when you see an unmet need, try to make it happen.”

  LGBT Diversity Community Patient Care
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  Gender Equality in Science: A Sign Things May Finally Be Changing

  March 19, 2018

  High-profile scandals and downfalls of the rich, famous, and powerful have been in the news on a daily basis in what has become a reckoning for decades of bad behavior. Still, issues like equal pay, equal opportunity for advancement, and equal recognition persist, and they plague just about every industry.

  Diversity