JULY-SEPT 2020
Director and staff of Student Learning Environment (SLE) updated the mistreatment reporting page SLE Director set up UI COM Bias Reporting Too SLE Anonymous Concerns/Feedback Loop Committee Formed
Director and staff of Student Learning Environment (SLE) updated the mistreatment reporting page SLE Director set up UI COM Bias Reporting Too SLE Anonymous Concerns/Feedback Loop Committee Formed
UI Health & UI COM awarded the 3-Year, Health Equity Hospital Quality Incentive Pilot Program (HEPP) grant supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Anti-Racism Curriculum Tutor (ARC) Program was developed and implemented UI COM Urbana Campus Reading Group discussed Just Medicine by Dayna Bowen Matthews HEPP Faculty & Staff Development, Diversity Council Support, [...]
UI COM 5-Year DEI Strategic Planning Committee formed & planning began
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Chicago was hired Phase 1, Urban Health Program (UHP) Student Lounge construction began UI COM Director of DEI began attending monthly meetings of the Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Engagement's Diversity Chairpersons in the Colleges (DCC) Juneteenth event held, presented by Rana Hogarth, PhD, MHS; Presentation entitled, Medicine, [...]
UHP Summer Research Coach was hired VisualDx Software - diagnostic clinical decision support system for faculty & students was purchased and rolled out Diversity Statement, defining DEI was added to UI COM Promotion and Tenure Packet UI COM - UGME increased mission-based scholarships distributed to URiMs UI Health hired first Chief Diversity and Community Health [...]
Phase 1 Bias Reduction in Medicine (BRIM*) training workshops began for UI COM & UI Health leadership Asian American Advancing Justice (AAAJ) Bystander Intervention Training provide for students, faculty & staff New Director of the UI COM Hispanic Center of Excellence (HCOE) was hired Junior Underrepresented Mentoring Pods (JUMP) were implemented - mentorship support for [...]
Micro-Aggressions Workshop presented by Dr. Alana Biggers & Dr. Bhrandon Harris UI COM increased recruitment efforts at the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Midwest Regional Conference & Recruitment Fair, Chicago, IL and LMSA Northeast National Conference, Philadelphia, PA
UI COM increased recruitment efforts at the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Conference & Recruitment Fair, Orlando, FL UI COM ratified into the bylaws the DEI Standing Committee Phase 2, Urban Health Program (UHP) Student Lounge construction underway Vice Chancellor's Advancing Racial Equity (ARE) tool was completed Faculty Career Development Award application rolled out Student [...]