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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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Zoom teleconferencing platform screenshot of 2020 VRIP interns at closing ceremony with Harvard Medical School backgrounds.

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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VRIP summer interns standing on staircase.

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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Chelsie Poindexter in her backyard

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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Summer of 2020 VRIP mentors and Harvard Catalyst Diversity & Inclusion program staff meet via Zoom for first virtual seminar.

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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Karen Emmons sitting on a bench in her backyard.

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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Mike Super chats and laughs with female researcher in the lab

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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