{"id":2301,"date":"2025-05-09T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-facultyaffairs.sites.unc.edu\/?page_id=2301"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:34:35","slug":"programs-and-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/programs-and-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs and Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr  style=\"margin:30px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Affinity Groups<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/programs-and-initiates\/asian-american-faculty-association\/\">Asian American Faculty Association (AAFA)<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333\"> &#8211; The AAFA\u2019s goal is to support, empower, and celebrate Asian American faculty and to foster opportunities for networking, communication, and growth. The AAFA Affinity Group is open to all.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/facultyaffairs\/resources-for-department-leadership-and-faculty\/\">Office Contact List for Leadership and Faculty<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cfe.unc.edu\/team-advance\/\">Targeting Equity in Access to Mentoring (TEAM) Advance<\/a> &#8211; Promotes accessible, equitable, and effective mentoring across the University, with emphasis on supporting women of color and white women in STEM<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hsl.lib.unc.edu\/\">Health Sciences Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/odum.unc.edu\/\">UNC Odum Institute<\/a> &#8211; End-to-end research support, assistance with statistics and Qualtrics, surveys, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affinity Groups Asian American Faculty Association (AAFA) &#8211; The AAFA\u2019s goal is to support, empower, and celebrate Asian American faculty and to foster opportunities for networking, communication, and growth. 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