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Diversity & Inclusion
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Addressing Workforce Diversity — A Quality-Improvement Framework
March 22, 2021 | "Workforce diversity in medicine, particularly at the highest levels of health care leadership, remains an elusive goal," write authors Lisa S. Rotenstein, MD, MBA, Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MBA, and Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Racial Socialization in Clinical Practice
January 26, 2021 | Visiting scholar presents her pilot work, as part of a national lecture series for budding research investigators.
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Diversifying the Future of Medicine
August 6, 2020 | Visiting interns from medical schools across the country showcase their research projects at virtual closing ceremony.
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Five Questions with Ross O’Hagan
July 31, 2020 | A 2019 VRIP medical student describes the program’s meaningfulness and how COVID-19 has affected his medical education.
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Five Questions with Chelsie Poindexter
July 24, 2020 | Five questions with our visiting medical student interns from around the U.S.
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Outside the Lab, Inside Harvard
July 7, 2020 | Medical school students virtually participate in annual summer c/t research internship program.
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Five Questions with Karen Emmons
June 11, 2020 | Our Community Engagement faculty lead discusses the importance of community engagement in the era of COVID-19 and her focus on implementation science.
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Five Questions With Mike Super
March 5, 2020 | Our Visiting Research Internship program mentor discusses his research at the Wyss Institute and the role of mentorship in supporting the next generation of translational researchers.
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