The  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the Brown STEMM community met for a daylong conference discussing strategies to advance antiracism and DEI in science and medicine. Faculty, students, trainees, administrators, and alumni with an interest in DEI efforts in STEMM were encouraged to attend this free event.

The agenda included:

• Presentation of the NASEM report by Joan Y. Reede ’77, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
• Panel discussions on advancing anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion for:
  • Faculty: Tejal A. Desai ’94, PhD, Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Dean of Engineering, Professor of Engineering; Tracey M. Guthrie, MD RES’99, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Program Director, General Psychiatry Residency Program, Professor of Psychiatry; Christopher Rose, PhD, Professor of Engineering, Director, STEMJazz Programs; Leah K. VanWey, PhD, Dean of the Faculty;

  • Graduate Students: Andrew G. Campbell, PhD, Professor of Medical Science, AAAS Fellow, ASCB Fellow, among other distinguished panelists; Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine; Patricia Poitevien ’94, MD ’98, MSc, Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Pediatrics;

  • Undergraduate Students: Mark Johnson, PhD, Professor of Biology, Director for the Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program; Stacey Lawrence, PhD, Director for STEM Initiatives, The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning; Savannah Lewis ’21, PhD Candidate in Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University; Brenda M. Rubenstein ‘07, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics, Graduate Trainer, MCB and CCMB, Rashid Zia ’01, PhD, Dean of the College, Professor of Engineering and Physics
• The Charles O. Cooke, MD Distinguished Visiting Lectureship presented by Joseph “Adrian” Tyndall, MD, MPH, FACEP, Executive Vice President of Health Affairs, Professor and Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Closing reception

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