This year's 2018 inaugural day diversity speakers on April 23rd, 2018 were: 

Hannah Valantine, MD, MRCP (Diversity Keynote Speaker)

NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity

Senior Investigator, NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

Adil Haider, MD, MPH (Surgery/Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds)

Kessler Director, Center for Surgery and Public Health

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Henry W. Foster, Jr,. MD (Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Former Dean of the School of Medicine and Former Acting President Meharry Medical College

Diversity Speakers presented on the following topics: NIH Addresses the Science of Diversity: Focusing on Institutional Change(Dr. Valantine), Unequal Care: Causes and Solutions for Surgical Disparities in 2018 (Dr. Haider),and Achieving Racial/Ethnic Diversity For Medical School Faculties (Dr. Foster).