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Social/Team Building Workgroup

• Continued Zoom breakout room icebreaker questions at the start of each staff meeting to get to know your colleagues and virtual lunches.
• Hosted the Winter hike on March 18
• The GRC book club met twice to discuss the following books/media:
• April: “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Cannot Stop Talking”
• May: “The surprising science of happiness” – TED Talk| Dan Gilbert
• Began virtual chat groups on teams (contact GRCDEI&BLeadership@osumc.edu to be added to a chat group)

• GRC Pets Chat
• GRC Pop Culture Chat 
• GRC Gardening Chat
• GRC Cooking Chat
• GRC LGBTQ+ Chat
• GRC Weather Chat
• GRC Travel Chat
• GRC Volunteer Chat
• GRC Family Fun Chat

Training and Best Practices Workgroup

• Working on building out SharePoint site to house trainings and best practices 

Digital Accessibility and Universal Design of Communication Workgroup

• Continued training series with guest speakers at GRC staff meetings with training around Universal Design Principles at the February Staff meeting and a panel discussion on accessibility and accommodations at the March staff meeting
• Continue to work to compile and develop tools and resources for staff around accessibility of GRC work products to share with all staff at a future staff meeting

• Career Ladder Workgroup (GRC Assistant Directors and DEI Leader) drafted a standardized equitable GRC career ladder in alignment with Career Roadmap and shared with GRC Senior Leadership, HR and Chris Combs to align with organizational effectiveness planning. Awaiting final recommendations from Chris Combs on next steps with this document
• GRC Committee on DEI&B Co-Chairs and DEI Leader participated in meetings with Chris Combs as part of overall GRC Organizational Effectiveness Planning
• DEI Leader and DEI&B Co-Chairs drafted a list of key DEI terms to inventory GRC projects on DEI elements currently present
• GRC Committee on DEI&B Co-Chairs, DEI Leader, and GRC Associate Director participated in AcademyHealth DEI listening sessions that will inform a community of practice beginning this fall for sharing resources and best practices to advance DEI&B efforts at organizations like GRC

• The analysis team from the Stay Survey Workgroup will complete the analysis of the survey responses and prepare a report and presentation of the results for all staff
• Digital Accessibility and Universal Design of Communication Workgroup presentation of tools and resources on accessibility for GRC Staff (SFY24 Q1) 
• Launching SharePoint site to house all DEI resources
• Complete Inclusive Hiring Procedures
• Complete Career Ladder document in alignment with organizational effectiveness efforts
• Inventory DEI elements in current GRC projects
• Raquel Fuentes will be providing 70% FTE PM support to the DEI Leader to continue to operationalize and implement the GRC DEI Action Plans and advance additional Committee on DEI&B efforts

• Join the GRC Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging! Contact GRCDEI&BLeadership@osumc.edu to join.
• Speak to your manager about becoming a Peer Mentor for new staff!
• Share your ideas or DEI efforts you are involved in with GRCDEI&BLeadership@osumc.edu or Cara.Whalen-Smith@osumc.edu so we can promote and amplify efforts
• Stay up to date on current DEI Action Plan progress and follow the GRC DEI Tactical Action Plan KPI and Tracking Spreadsheet at Team GRC > Strategic Planning > Diversity Equity Inclusion > Action Plans

GRC recognizes the value of diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and the essential role these values play in achieving our mission. Different perspectives and identities are valued and contribute to effectiveness in our work.



GRC is committed to fostering a working environment where diversity is valued, inclusion is cultivated, and equity is achieved. We leverage the core tenets of diversity, equity and inclusion to drive our research excellence and organizational decision making.



GRC strives to be a leader and model of diversity and equity within our own organization and in the research community. We are accountable for producing innovative, equitable and impactful work to better serve marginalized communities and reduce the health disparities that exist in Ohio.