In the news - UMass Chan Office of Health Equity

Among the newly endowed chairs, five are new UMass Memorial Health chairs, made possible through the long-standing partnership with UMass Chan.

UMass Chan is looking for new members to join the Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity to continue the momentum of its 2024 Diversity Summit.

The environmental justice program is a partnership between the Office of Sustainability, the Diversity and Inclusion Office and the Lamar Soutter Library.

UMass Chan’s 2024 Diversity Summit called on members of the UMass Chan community to adopt new methods that allow for access to entry and success for staff and faulty.

UMass Chan and UC Davis School of Medicine have partnered, earning a two-year American Medical Association ChangeMedEd Equity, Diversity and Belonging grant to enact socially conscious admissions reform at UMass Chan and create a toolkit for other medical schools to emulate.

The Diversity and Inclusion Office releases its annual report.

Two signature events coordinated by the Diversity and Inclusion Office, the Latino Medical Student Association, the UMass Chan student chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science and UMass Chan interest group Happy Feet concluded the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Organizers hope the events will lead to more programming that centers Latinx students and bring the community together.

William Flavahan, PhD, is one of 40 recipients of the $1.5 million NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, designed to support early career investigators who are proposing bold research.

Engineers from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation were guided around campus blindfolded by medical students to help highlight the challenges faced by visually impaired people.

Artists share what “Advancing Belonging Together” means to them through original artwork at a new exhibit coordinated by the Advocacy Subcommittee of UMass Chan’s Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity in partnership with the Lamar Soutter Library.

UMass Chan’s annual Diversity Summit on Oct. 30 will feature a poster session and a speaker program focused on faculty recruitment and retention as well as collective responsibly in ensuring diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging standards are met and maintained at all times at UMass Chan.

Four faculty members were honored with chancellor’s medals, and seven others were invested as named professors at the annual Convocation and Investiture celebration.

Guests speakers Judy Hanlon, pastor at Hadwen Park Congregational Church, co-founder of the LGBT Asylum Task Force, and member of the Southern New England Conference Immigration, Refugee and Asylum Task Team; and Al Green, ministry director of the LGBT Asylum Task Force, talked about the work of the task force and sought to inspire change through personal stories.

The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing presented 49 Doctor of Nursing Practice students with their white coats on Tuesday, Sept. 10, in a celebration signifying their transition into clinical practice.

The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School celebrated 34 new nurses from fields as diverse as criminal justice, design and teaching at the Graduate Entry Pathway Pinning Ceremony on Monday, Sept. 9.

Robert E. Layne, MEd, is receiving the BIPOC Community Leader Award from the Diverse Professionals Roundtable, a Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce program designed to support the development of professional and personal relationships among senior leaders of racial and ethnic diversity in Central Massachusetts.

Festivities kick off on Friday, Sept. 6, with the T.H. Chan School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony, welcoming the new class of medical students into the medical community.

The Department of Dermatology embraces diversity, equity and inclusion work through a systematic evaluation of self, practices and policies.

Health Equity News at UMass Chan

At UMass Chan’s special investiture ceremony, eight newly endowed chairs celebrated

UMass Chan community invited to join Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Environmental justice program created at UMass Chan

Diversity Summit sparks progress on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at UMass Chan

UMass Chan and UC Davis receive grant for socially conscious admissions reform

Diversity and Inclusion Office releases annual report ahead of Diversity Summit

Events highlighting Latinx culture conclude UMass Chan’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration

UMass Chan cancer biologist receives New Innovator Award for developing DNA sequencing technology

‘See it My Way’ program allows others to experience difficulties faced by visually impaired

UMass Chan community invited to ponder meaning of ‘advancing together’ at art exhibit

2024 Diversity Summit speakers to help reignite collective passion for diversity, equity and inclusion

Convocation 2024: UMass Chan racing toward ambitious future

Annual LGBTA Convocation Celebration speakers discuss work with LGBT asylum seekers

UMass Chan celebrates future nurse practitioners with white coat ceremony

UMass Chan Graduate Entry Pathway pinning ceremony welcomes 34 nurses to career

UMass Chan’s Robert Layne honored with Diverse Professionals Community Leader Award

UMass Chan kicks off 2024 academic year with weeklong Convocation celebration

Department of Dermatology uses evaluation and mentorship to lean into diversity, equity and inclusion work