Access and Success
Enhance recruitment of URM trainees to DPLM graduate training programs
Status: On timeWe have carried out virtual visits to the University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley and to Morgan State University in October 2021.
Person/Dept Responsible: Director of Graduate Studies, Diversity Liaison
Increase recruitment of URM MD trainees to the UNC School of Medicine
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: DPLM DEI Committee
Make North Carolina attractive to people of color by identifying local restaurants and venues that offer URM-centric food and events. These places will be advertised on our DEI website and in emails honoring URM celebration months along with links to local HBCUs.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison
Offer additional educational services to URM trainees. Provide funding to attend training meetings designed to enhance research projects of students
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Medical School Curriculum
Take advantage of existing databases that track former trainees within the BBSP to identify prospective URM clinical and research postdoctoral fellows
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison
Facilitate applications for fellowships such as NIH F31 and other private foundation awards by our trainees by offering grant writing workshops.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Director of Graduate Studies, Director of Medical School Curriculum
Promote URM postdoctoral trainees for the Carolina Postdoc Program with involvement with local and national HBCUs.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison
Generate DPLM database to track former trainees to identify URM candidates for faculty positions; Reach out to institutions located in areas of high URM populations as well as post job advertisements at these institutions. Take advantage of existing organizations and job searches that target URM faculty and trainees.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: DPLM Chair; Diversity Liaison; DEI Committee
Train interviewers to ensure that they know best practices for interviewing candidates of color or from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: DPLM Chair, Diversity Liaison and all candidate interviewers
Take advantage of existing databases that track former trainees within the BBSP and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs to identify prospective URM faculty members.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison, DPLM Chair; DPLM Vice Chair of Administration
Have more outreach to people of color to attract a diverse staff. Advertise positions at local churches with high URM attendance and at local HBCUs. Establish outreach to ministers of Black churches.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible:
Climate and Intra/Intergroup Relations
Require all staff, trainees and faculty to attend trainings on implicit bias and microaggressions.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison
Make DPLM gatherings less formal and welcoming to DPLM members; i.e., create more inviting atmosphere for Holiday Party at Carolina Inn and more thematic events.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison; DPLM Admin Staff
Offer small group events to increase staff interactions with broad range of individuals in DPLM
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison; DPLM DEI Committee
Curriculum and Scholarship
Add DEI training including workshops in racial disparities in clinical trials and implicit bias to postdoctoral training.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison
One Grand Round event each semester focused on DEI
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Bernard Weissman
At least one Grand Round event each semester presented by URM speaker and/or research focused on health disparities or research biases
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: DEI committee member
Community Engagement
Employ social media outlets for promotion of events inclusive of both clinical and research sides, especially those with focus on diversity and equity. Provide links to SOM, UNC Hospitals and UNC DEI websites.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Sara Wobker
Outreach to surrounding high schools and HBCUs to develop pipeline of candidates for DPLM students and trainees.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: Diversity Liaison; DPLM DEI Committee.
Expand online Pathobiology course to other NC HBCUs and URM-serving institutions such as WSSU, ECSU and UNC-Pembroke. Bennett College, Livingtone College, Shaw University, and St. Augustine’s University.
Status: On timePerson/Dept Responsible: DEI Committee