YSM DEI News

In the latest Yale Child Study Center  “On Leadership” blog post and newsletter column, Daryn David, PhD, PCC, reflects on a recent Grand Rounds talk, presented by Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, and Maria Restrepo-Toro, MSN, BSN, representing the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH), within the Department of Psychiatry.

We look forward to the YNHH and YSM "Diversifying the Healthcare Workforce Dinner" at the Omni Hotel on February 20. Last month, Aba Black, MD, MHS, led a retreat for the Section of General Medicine titled, “Revitalize and Retain: Building a Culture of Commitment & Growth."

We are holding a recruitment event to showcase our diverse, supportive, inclusive culture and learning climate and the vast training opportunities at YSM and YNHH, for the four medical schools in Puerto Rico in March in collaboration with Associate Dean Marietta Vazquez, MD, and the YNHH GME Office. Darin Latimore, MD, will give a talk, and we will hold workshops for the attending students.

For the latest Yale Child Study Center “On Leadership” blog post and newsletter column, Daryn David, PhD, interviewed Beth Heinz, MHA, MSW, who recently stepped into the role of senior vice president for women’s and children’s services at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH).

For the latest Yale Child Study Center “On Leadership” blog post and newsletter column, Daryn David, PhD, asked Yale Department of Pediatrics Professor Maryellen Flaherty-Hewitt, MD, to share her perspective on the promise a coach approach may hold for faculty and trainees within her department.

Never Enough: ADHD Experiences in Asian Americans Working with Limited English Proficient Patients and their Interpreters WE Medicine: Convergence of Western and Eastern Medicine to Develop Future Medicines These titles represent a few of the breakout session topics at the day-long annual Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association Region I/II conference on Saturday, October 12, at Yale School of Medicine.

Following David Blight’s lecture on the findings of the Yale and Slavery history project, Yale School of Medicine convened a panel of faculty to discuss efforts to confront that history, restore, rebuild trust, and build authentic community -- including in caring for the New Haven community and in creating partnerships with HBCUs. 

Yale School of Medicine launched its new lecture series, Perspectives for Inclusion, with a talk by Yale historian David Blight about his book, Yale and Slavery: A History. On September 24, 2024, Blight described his discussions with then-President Peter Salovey about launching the Yale and Slavery Research Project, the major historical events leading up to the university’s examination of its own past, the research process, and some of its striking discoveries.

A lecture by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Nicaraguan-American author, first-generation college student, and activist known for her work on intersectional feminism and race. Part of the Perspectives of Inclusion lecture series, in celebration of Hispanic and Latine Heritage Month.