Our department and residency training program are strongly invested in DEI intiatives with a focus on continuing to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion within our training programs and departmental activities. Some of our DEI activities and initiatives include:

• A funded Vice Chair for DEI faculty position
• A DEI Chief Resident position
• Monthly Departmental DEI meetings, co-led by a resident appointee and by our department’s Vice Chair for DEI
• A summer DEI grand rounds series each year
• A fully-funded visiting clerkship for students from groups which are underrepresented in medicine (URM) -- students must apply and be selected for this rotation
• A medical student–resident mentorship pairing program for URM students
• A segment in each monthly Program Director’s lunch meeting called All Voices, focusing on DEI issues and resources for healthcare providers
• Invited lectures on a wide variety of topics, including Implicit Bias and Addressing Patient-Initiated Identity-Based Harassment
• Consistent representation from our program’s residents over many years within multiple national DEI initiatives, including the APA Diversity Leadership Fellow Program and the SAMSHA Minority Leadership Fellow Program