WCM Annual Diversity Week
Diversity Week was launched in 2018 as part of Dean Augustine Choi’s commitment to strengthening the culture of inclusion at Weill Cornell Medicine. An array of events take place throughout the week featuring keynote lectures, grand round talks from experts in their fields, health disparity and mentoring in medicine symposiums, and paneled events. In addition, winners of diversity awards are honored.
Town Halls
Each month, members of the WCM community come together in virtual meetings to explore questions, share challenges, and collaborate on advancing our shared mission and priorities. These gatherings reflect our institution’s deep and ongoing commitment to social justice, which informs not only our strategic goals but also our everyday actions.
Through open dialogue, the exchange of resources, and the sharing of best practices, we foster a culture where individual identities are honored, and both our differences and commonalities are embraced. These meetings serve as a space to strengthen our collective efforts and ensure that inclusivity and respect remain at the heart of all we do.
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Pioneer in Diversity Awards
- The Ida Sophia Scudder, M.D. Award will be presented to an MD, PhD, MD\PhD, MS, PA medical or graduate student who has made significant contributions in the field of community service and provided care and/or opportunities to the underserved.
- The Louis Wade Sullivan, M.D. Award will be presented to a resident or a postdoctoral fellow who has been an outspoken champion for health promotion and a public health advocate, especially for medically underserved populations.
- The Bruce Laine Ballard, M.D. Award will be presented to a faculty member who demonstrates commitment to improving student life and to fostering a nurturing and supportive environment where students are able to thrive and succeed.
- The Marie Metoyer, M.D. Award will be presented to a current faculty member or alumnus of the Medical College who exemplifies Dr. Metoyer’s highest values of healing and community engagement, and has gone above and beyond to serve communities in an unorthodox manner.
- The Administrative Staff award will be presented to a staff member who embodies the spirit of community service.
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Dean’s Quarterly Seminar
Faculty Research Dinners
Faculty research dinners are designed to build community amongst faculty and soon to be faculty of all backgrounds pursuing careers in research and their allies. The sessions provide a “safe space” to discuss one’s research and ideas while getting honest feedback in a supportive community.
Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread Dinners bring the WCM community together. The program consists of a communal meal and facilitates dialogue touching on topics of difference including race, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status, and current events. They provide an ongoing safe space to explore beliefs, preconceived notions, worldviews, and ways to understand one another more positively. Lead facilitator and Breaking Bread founder from Cornell Ithaca and former Associate Dean of Students, Dr. Renee Alexander, leads the conversation at the dinners held during the year.
Weill-Ithaca Summer Experience in Research (WISER)
The Weill-Ithaca Summer Experience in Research (WISER) is a joint program between Cornell Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) geared to provide students who are members of the Cornell University Pre-Professional Programs (P3) with biomedical research guidance and field experience. Through WISER, pathways are built for students to enter biomedical research careers.
The program provides six students interested in basic science, medicine, or health disparities research with an opportunity to conduct biomedical research with the mentorship of WCM faculty. Selected students participate in the six-week summer paid program on the WCM campus in New York City.
Each student participates in a research project and is imbedded in the research group of their WCM faculty mentor. Students gather weekly to discuss their progress and challenges with their peers and the WCM program directior who directs the WISER program. Additional program elements include research and clinical seminars as well as sessions on topics such as medical research ethics, data analysis, how to give a scientific presentation, application processes for MD, PhD and MD-PhD programs, and financial aid. Students also participate in the annual Successful and Productive Academic Research Careers Jr. conference (SPARC Jr.). The conference targets undergraduates, and functions as a networking opportunity for students from all biomedical summer programs at Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering. At the end of the WISER program, students give an oral presentation of their research to their peers, research group members, and faculty mentors, and receive a certificate of completion.
This program is only for Cornell University students in the P3 Program. Applicants should have housing in the Greater New York City area and be able to commute to WCM each day for the duration of the program.
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Black and Latino Men in Medicine
Black and Latino Men in Medicine was founded at the NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center as a network of administrators, physicians, scientists, trainees, and students to raise awareness of the myriad of issues involved in the precipitous decline of Black and Latino men in healthcare, medicine, and science. Through networking, program development, and community engagement, BLMiM seeks to support and provide mentorship for Black and Latino men interested in medicine/science, while advocating for effective and sustainable solutions to combat this national crisis. All members of the Weill-Cornell community are welcome to join BLMiM.
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Tri-I SPARC/Mini-SPARC
The Tri-I Successful and Productive Academic Research Careers (SPARC) Retreats centered on the different themes include facilitated discussions, interactive, reflective workshops and networking. Tri-I SPARC is sponsored by the Weill Cornell Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Diversity Center of Excellence and Department of Medicine, The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical Translational Science, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Office of Health Equity.