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Kate McDaniel Named Neurosurgery Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Kate McDaniel, PhD, has been named vice chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Department of Neurosurgery. In this position, McDaniel represents faculty, staff, and trainees to help ensure inclusiveness in all undertakings within the department. Her efforts will impact how faculty and staff advocate for patients, work together, and recruit new team members.

Building Hope for Racial Equity Work at Duke in 2023

In a day-long racial equity retreat held in January, more than 250 faculty, staff, and administrators laid out plans for the year. Among the highlights was the announcement of two university-wide initiatives in 2023 that organizers believe will be essential to addressing issues of staff pay equity and helping units identify and address equity problems.

Duke Awarded NIH Grant to Prep Students for Graduate and Medical Programs

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Duke a $1.2 million grant to develop a one-year postbaccalaureate program for students interested in pursuing a PhD or MD/PhD in the biomedical sciences and basic sciences. The grant establishes a program that will provide an immersive paid research experience for students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in science and medicine.

Always Looking Forward: Teikko Artis

In 2002, Teikko Artis was in a bind. A year after starting at Duke, Artis enjoyed his work as a patient service advocate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. But with bills piling up, a four-year-old daughter to support, and his own long-term financial security to think of, he needed more money. Artis started to plan how to advance his career. More than 20 years later, Artis is still at Duke and still looking forward.

New Resource: EDI Data Navigator Guide

For those in need of support and resources on how best to use existing data, dashboards, and reports when developing EDI strategies, the just-released EDI Data Navigator Guide is for you.

Perspective: The 5Ws of Racial Equity in Research

Ensuring equity in research is a critical step in advancing health equity. In this perspective published in the journal Health Equity, the authors — including researchers from Duke — introduce a guiding framework for advancing racial equity in research processes, environments, and among the research workforce.

Strategies for Promoting Anti-racist Research in Medical Education

Watch this recorded webinar from the AAMC IDEAS series to learn how the academic research agenda can be used to promote equity, inclusion, and anti-racism. This webinar highlights promising practices that leaders and researchers can employ to build an anti-racist research agenda in medical education as well as the benefits of this work.

Data Trends: Diversity Increases at Medical Schools in 2022

The Association of American Medical Colleges recently released new data on diversity trends in U.S. medical schools. The new data shows that the nation’s medical schools continue to attract and enroll more diverse classes.

A More Diverse Biomedical and Healthcare Workforce Is Within Our Reach

In this opinion piece published in Modern Healthcare, Kathryn Dickerson, PhD, and Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, of Duke Psychiatry and Tracie Locklear, PhD, of North Carolina Central University explain how companies and universities can partner to bring more people of color into careers in medical research.

Profiles in Brain Sciences: Jamila Minga, PhD, CCC-SLP

For as long as she can remember, Jamila Minga, PhD, CCC-SLP, has been something of a contrarian. “If most people are going left, I have a tendency to go right,” she says. So when as a graduate student she found that most research on stroke rehabilitation had ignored how damage to the right side of the brain affected language and communication, she saw an opportunity.