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Welcome to Equity Matters, a monthly newsletter from the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. In this issue, we talk to Professor of Immunology Ed Miao, PhD, about his work to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion as well as Carmel Hannah, MHA, the office's new senior director of strategy & planning. We also share recent EDI-related news stories and relevant events from across the School of Medicine. |
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The Office of EDI's Delegate Spotlight: Ed Miao, PhD
Ed Miao, PhD, sees his role as Director for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within the Department of Immunology as a natural extension of his other responsibilities. Teaching, mentoring, and maintaining a research lab allows him to see opportunities to improve equity across the Department; that same work to improve equity also makes him a better professor. For this month’s EDI unit Leader Spotlight, Miao talks about working with members of his EDI committee to make lasting structural change within the Immunology Department. He shares how intentionally listening to his constituents can profoundly make an environment more welcoming and outside of work professes his love of playing board games with his wife and children.
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Lisa McElroy, MD, MS, assistant professor of surgery and population health sciences, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Onyekwere E. Akwari, MD, Endowed Professorship. The professorship was created to honor the legacy of Akwari, the first African American surgeon on the faculty of Duke University.
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The Duke Department of Pathology has appointed Associate Professor Danielle Elliott Range, MD, as their new Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Dr. Range has spent almost 20 years in the education, research, and practice of pathology. As a member of the Durham and Duke communities, she sees this role as an opportunity to enhance relationships across diverse communities as it relates to pathology workforce, research, education, and clinical practice.
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This month the DCI Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity program and the National LGBT Cancer Network co-hosted a community conversation on "Equitable Spaces: Advancing Equity for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Cancer Care & Treatment."
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Asiya Gusa, PhD, and Ian Williamson, PhD, postdoctoral researchers in the Duke University School of Medicine, have received Postdoctoral Career Transition Awards under the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program. MOSAIC works to enhance diversity in the academic biomedical research workforce and further the careers of promising postdoctoral researchers.
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The AAMC Center for Health Justice recently conducted a poll of a nationally representative sample of people in the United States who had given birth in the last 5 years to explore pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences. Read more about the findings, which significantly differed from responses of the cisgender, heterosexual population.
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Duke Pathology hosted an inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee Book Club on June 8. A total of 15 committee members met in person in the Davison Building to discuss Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho.
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