Welcome to Weill Cornell Medicine’s second annual Diversity Week!
After an incredibly successful first run, this year’s celebration of diversity brings together even more people, groups, and activities. We are thrilled to have an outstanding roster of nationally renowned speakers, a lively schedule of lectures and events, and many members of our community sharing their expertise.
Three distinguished guests are delivering keynote addresses. Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, Chief Engagement Officer of the All of Us Research Program, is speaking on April 22, and Sian Leah Beilock, PhD, the president of Barnard College, is sharing her insights on April 24. Dr. Joan Reede, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, is giving the inaugural Elizabeth A. Wilson-Anstey, EdD Lecture on April 25.
We are excited that the Annual Meeting of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, the Black and Latino Men in Medicine 2nd Annual Conference, and the Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference are all taking place during Diversity Week. Departments and centers throughout Weill Cornell Medicine are also holding Diversity Grand Rounds, symposia, and panel discussions addressing a variety of topics, including health disparities, mentoring, work-life balance, disability, race, gender, and LGBTQ+ issues.
Weill Cornell Medicine is extremely proud to be a community of diverse individuals—and delighted to be hosting a second extraordinary Diversity Week. Thank you to all of you for helping to foster a stronger culture of diversity and inclusion, both throughout our institution and around the country.
Sincerely,
Augustine M.K. Choi, MD
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean
Weill Cornell Medicine
Provost for Medical Affairs
Cornell University
On behalf of the Weill Cornell Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion, we are pleased to welcome you to the Second Annual Diversity Week. The first Diversity Week was launched in the spring of 2018, accompanied by numerous other inaugural events. The first set of Dean’s Diversity and Healthcare Disparity Research Awards were bestowed. The university-wide Cornell Center for Health Equity was launched. The Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program, one of WCM’s iconic pipeline programs, celebrated its 50th anniversary – making it not only one of the most long-standing scientific initiatives of its kind in the country, but also one of the most successful. In 2018, Weill Cornell Medicine was also recognized by the higher education community for its efforts on diversity and inclusion by winning its first INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award.
As noted by Dean Choi in his welcome note, we have an even richer agenda for this year’s Diversity Week. Diversity Week celebrates our achievements and highlights our activities related to diversity and inclusion. It also promotes health equity and explicitly affirms our strong belief in the relationship between diversity and inclusion in our academic workforce and national efforts to reduce or eliminate disparities in health care.
Diversity Week is made possible by the unwavering support and commitment of our academic leaders starting with the Cornell University Office of the President, the Weill Cornell Medicine Board of Overseers, the Dean’s Office, and the numerous departmental/divisional heads across our institution for whom this week represents an opportunity to affirm their commitment to diversity and inclusion. We thank our keynote speakers and guest speakers who have traveled far to celebrate the week with us. We also thank the many speakers and presenters from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian whose contributions make Diversity Week academically engaging, while also creating a collaborative working and learning environment year-round. Lastly, we thank all the faculty, students, staff, and guests who take time from their busy days to attend the various lectures across campus and who enrich our community with their different perspectives, skills, and life experiences.
With warm regards,
Executive Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Meet and Greet with Dr. Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami
Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd Floor
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Urology Grand Rounds | B-307
Joshua D. Safer, MD, FACP
Executive Director, Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery
President, United States Professional Association for Transgender Health
2019 CLAUDE ORGAN, M.D.,LECTURESHIP SPONSORED BY THE SOUTHERN
SURGICAL ASSOCIATION & THE SOCIETY OF BLACK ACADEMIC SURGEONS
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM The Evolution of Surgery in the 21st Century
Surgery/Neurological
Surgery and Anesthesiology Combined Grand Rounds | Uris Auditorium
Haile T. Debas, MD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco
Director Emeritus, University of California Global Health Institute
Dean Emeritus, University of California School of Medicine
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Reflecting on the Impact the Learning & Workplace Environment Has on Diversifying the Surgery Workforce: The Practice of Conscious Inclusion in Surgical Training Environments
Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds | Belfer Research Building 302-C/D
David A. Acosta, MD
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Health Equity in Gynecologic Cancer: Reaching Underserved Populations
Surgery/Neurological
Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds | Griffis Faculty Club Lounge
Carol L. Brown, MD, FACOG, FACS
Director, Office of Diversity Programs in Clinical Care, Research, and Training
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Gender Differences in Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiothoracic Surgery Mortality & Morbidity Conference | M - 407
Erin M. Iannacone, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Disabusing Disability | Uris Auditorium
Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Director for Medical Student Success, Office for Health Equity and Inclusion
University of Michigan Medical School
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM Meet and Greet with Dr. Haile Debas
Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd Floor
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM The Importance of Diverse Representation in Clinical Research:
The All of Us Research Program
Uris Auditorium
Dara Richardson-Heron, MD
Chief Engagement Officer
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Meet and Greet with Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron
Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd Floor
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Treating Hypertension in the Faith Community
Healthcare Policy and Research Grand Rounds | Uris Auditorium
Olugbenga Ogedegbe, MD
Professor of Population Health & Medicine
Chief, Division of Health & Behavior
Director, Center for Healthful Behavior Change
NYU School of Medicine
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Diversity Awards Ceremony and Reception
Griffis Faculty Club
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Dermatology in Skin of Color: A New Specialized Center at Weill Cornell
Dermatology Grand Rounds | Weill Greenberg Center, Selma Ruben Conference Center, Rooms A/B
Eva Kerby, MD
Chief Resident, Department of Dermatology
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Emerging as an Equity-Minded Academic Medical Center Through Inclusion Excellence
Psychiatry Grand
Rounds | Uris Auditorium
David A. Acosta , MD
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Diversifying Faculty Through Holistic Hiring Practices
Griffis Faculty Club
David A. Acosta, MD
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Diversity and Disparities in the Experience of End-of-Life Care Symposium
Center for Research on End-of-Life Care |
Uris Auditorium
Moderators:
Holly G. Prigerson, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
Irving Sherwood Wright Professor of Geriatrics
Professor of Sociology in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Paul K. Maciejewski, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
Associate Professor of Biostatistics in Radiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Presentations:
Racial Disparities in Suboptimal Home Hospice Use Among Patients with Dementia
Elizabeth Luth, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Worry about Paying Medical Expenses and Its Associations with Patients’ Quality of Life in End-of-Life Cancer Care
Lauren Kelly, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Preventing Live Discharge Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Hospice Patients with Heart Failure
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD
Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
Weill Cornell Medicine
Martin Viola, MA
Research Assistant, Center for Research on End-of-Life Care
Weill Cornell Medicine
The Potentially Powerful Role of Therapeutic Alliances with Oncologists and Reduction of Disparities in Latino End-Stage Cancer Care
Ana Tergas, MD
Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Prognostic Understanding among Terminally Ill Latino Cancer Patients: How Patients Determine the Curability of Their Cancer and Its Influence on Treatment Decision Making
Megan J. Shen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine and of Healthcare Policy and Research
Weill Cornell Medicine
11:15 AM –12:30 PM Mental Health Disparities and Community Partnerships
Psychiatry Grand
Rounds | Westchester Division
Sidney Hankerson, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PRIMES Program for Individualized Mentorship Education Solutions
Weill Greenberg Center, Selma Ruben Conference Center
Benjamin Hartley, MD
Resident, PGY-4, Department of Neurosurgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Caitlin Hoffman, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Director, Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Treating LGBT Patients: Ethical, Historical & Clinical Perspectives
LGBTQ+ |
Uris Auditorium
Jack Drescher, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, New York Medical College
Adjunct Professor, New York University
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Meet and Greet with Dr. Jack Drescher
Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Unconscious Bias Workshop
Human Resources | Uris Auditorium
Jamal Lopez, JD, SHRM-SCP
Associate Director, Employee Relations & Development
Weill Cornell Medicine
Fanesse George
Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement Associate
Weill Cornell Medicine
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Early Careers Panel
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences | C-200
Aisha Abdullah, PhD ’15
Associate Director, Global STEM Alliance, New York Academy of Sciences
Dandan Xu, PhD ’14
Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement Associate
Neel Madhukar, PhD ’17
CEO & Co-Founder, OneThree Biotech
David Zuluaga Martinez, PhD (Princeton University ’17)
Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Cornell Center for Health Equity Reception
Archbold Commons
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Health and Healthcare for All - Equity and Justice Focus in NYC
Medicine Grand Rounds | Uris Auditorium
Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
City of New York
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Want Women to Advance in Medicine: Be a Sponsor
Neurology Grand Rounds | F-639
Allison Brashear, MD, MBA
Professor and Walter C. Teagle Chair of Neurology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM Women Navigating Careers: Making Choices, Setting Goals, and Getting Noticed in a Changing Environment
President’s Council of Cornell Women | Uris Auditorium
Lauren Myers moderator
Vice President, Myers Group
Chair, Diversity Committee for the President’s Council of Cornell Women
Jane Hyun
Founder and President, Hyun & Associates
Co-author, Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences
Author, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Eileen Nugent, Esq
Counsel and Global Co-Head of Transactions Practices
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Cynthia Cuffie, MD
President, Aspire Educational Associates Corporation
Wendy Levitt
Author, At the Corner of Wall and Sesame
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Changing the Landscape of Mental Health Services for the
21st Century
Psychiatry Grand Rounds | Uris Auditorium
Margarita Alegría, PhD
Chief of the Disparities Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Enhancing STEM Success for Women and Girls
Uris Auditorium
Sian Leah Beilock, PhD
President
Barnard College
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Human Rights and Medicine
1300 York Avenue, Griffis Faculty Lounge
Gunisha Kaur, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights
Director, Anesthesiology Global Health Initiative
Program Director, Anesthesiology Global Health Fellowship
Weill Cornell Medicine
Joseph Shin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Anna Cai
Medical Student Class of 2020
Weill Cornell Medicine
Kevin Ackerman
Medical Student Class of 2020
Weill Cornell Medicine
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Achieving Cancer Health Equity in the Era of Precision Medicine and Big Data – The Bench to Community Model
Meyer Cancer Center | Uris Auditorium
Robert A. Winn, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Community Based Practice
Director, University of Illinois Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Illinois College of Medicine
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Englander Institute for Precision Medicine Diversity Presentation
Uris Auditorium
Olivier Elemento, PhD moderator
Director, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Associate Director, Institute for Computational Biomedicine
Co-Leader, Genetics, Epigenetics and Systems Biology Program
Weill Cornell Medicine
Presentations:
Genetics of African Ancestry and High Risk / Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Lisa Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery
Director, Interdisciplinary Breast Program
Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian
The DARC side of breast cancer disparities: African ancestry and immunologic tumor response
Melissa Davis, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Research in Surgery
Scientific Director, International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes
Weill Cornell Medicine
The Missing Genomes: Importance of diversity in addressing healthcare disparities in the 21st century
M. Elizabeth Ross, MD, PhD
Nathan Cummings Professor in Neurology
Chair, Neuroscience Graduate Program
Weill Cornell Medicine
Exploring Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer: What we know and where we will go
Francesca Khani, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pathology in Urology
Weill Cornell Medicine
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference
Register at womenglobalhealth.com/conference | Griffis Faculty Club
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA
University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Columbia University
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference – Keynote Address
Register at womenglobalhealth.com/conference | Griffis Faculty Club
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM Female Leaders Across the Research Continuum
Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference
Register at womenglobalhealth.com/conference | Griffis Faculty Club
Carey Farquhar, MD, moderator
University of Washington
Priscilla PhD, MSc
United Nations International Children Educational Fund
Judith Currier, MD, MPH
University of California, Chair ACTG
Louise Ivers, MB, BCh, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Harvard Medical School
Isaayvani Naicker, PhD, MSc
African Academy of Sciences
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Meet and Greet with Dr. Joan Y. Reede
Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd Floor
ELIZABETH A. WILSON-ANSTEY, ED.D. LECTURE
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Diversity Inclusion: The Time is Now
Uris Auditorium
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference
Griffis Faculty Club
Philippa Musoke, MBChB, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health
Makerere University
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Breaking Bread with Pediatric Emergency Medicine | M-131
Renee Alexander, PhD
Associate Dean for Students Cornell University, Ithaca Campus
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference –Keynote Address
Register at womenglobalhealth.com/conference | Griffis Faculty Club
Philippa Musoke, MBChB, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health
Makerere University
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Wound of Racism: Physician Heal Thyself
Uris Auditorium
Renuka Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Experiences of First-Generation Students at Elite Campuses
Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd Floor
Keith LaScalea, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Women in Leadership
Human Resources |
Uris Auditorium
Fanesse George, moderator
Diversity, Inclusion, & Engagement Associate, Human Resources
Aleta R. Gunsul, MPA
Director, Research Business Operations
Paula Herber
Director IT Service Delivery, Information Systems and Technologies Department
Angela L. Moore, MHA
Department Administrator, Urology Department
Dean Elizabeth A. Wilson-Anstey, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean, Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Life
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Bringing Research to Scale: Promoting Female Leaders
Women in Global Health Research Initiative Scientific Conference
Register at womenglobalhealth.com/conference | Griffis Faculty Club
Jyoti Mathad, MD, MSc, moderator
Weill Cornell Medicine
Vanessa Rouzier, MD
GHESKIO
Sarah Hawkes, MD, PhD
University College London
Mary Ellsberg, PhD
George Washington University
Surbhi Modi, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Far Advanced Glaucoma. One Patients Perspective. Are We Making a Difference?
Ophthalmology Grand Rounds
1305 York Ave, 2nd floor, Selma Ruben Conference Center, Room C
Leon Herndon, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief, Glaucoma Ophthalmology
Duke University School of Medicine
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Faith and Spirituality in Medicine: Students’ and Healthcare Providers’ Perspective
Student Diversity and Wellness | Weill Greenberg Center Selma Ruben Conference Center, 2nd Floor
Sharon Brook, MPA moderator
Student Life Manager
Gus Kappler, M.D., FACS
Author: Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally, A Surgeon's Memoir
Claire Isabelle Verret
Medical Student, Class of 2021
Hanan Baker
MD/PHD, Student Class of 2024
Rabbi Paulette Posner
Chaplain Stephen Douglas
Sheikh Muhammad Ali
7:15 AM – 11:00 AM The 29th Annual Scientific Session of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons Hosted by the Department of Surgery
Uris Auditorium
Attracting Minorities to Medicine: The Travelers Program
Elizabeth Wilson-Anstey M.A., Ed.D
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Student Life
Weill Cornell Medicine
Marcus Lambert, PhD
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Student Life
Weill Cornell Medicine
Enhancing Diversity in Medicine: Strategies for Inclusion and Equity
Susana Morales, M.D.
Vice Chair for Diversity, Weill Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Community Outreach
Monika Safford, M.D.
John J. Kuiper Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Use of Branched Grafts in Endovascular Surgery
Darren Schneider, M.D.
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Weill Cornell Medicine
Minimally Invasive Liver Donations
Benjamin Samstein, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Use of Video-Clips to Assess Residents Technical Performance
Anthony Watkins, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Diversity Disparities in Clinical Outcomes for Breast Cancer
Lisa Newman, M.D.
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Genomics in Endocrine Surgery
Thomas J. Fahey, III, M.D.
Johnson and Johnson Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Jason Spector, M.D.
Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Weill Cornell Medicine
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM The Power of Diversity: The Key to Meeting Today’s ( and Tomorrow’s) Greatest Healthcare Challenges
Radiology Grand Rounds | A-950
Stephanie E. Spottswood, MD, MSPH
Professor of Radiology, Emerita
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
9:30 AM – 2:00 PM Embracing the Opportunity
Uris Auditorium
Black and Latino Men in Medicine 2nd Annual Conference
Keynote Address
Said Ibrahim MD, MPH, MBA
Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Vice Chair for Strategy & Development
Founding Chief, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation
Department of Healthcare Policy & Research
Event RSVP: https://bit.ly/2CIXtnW
Dara Richardson-Heron, MD
Chief Engagement Officer
All of Us Research Program
The Importance of Diverse Representation in Clinical Research: The All of Us Research Program
Monday, April 22, 2019
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Uris Auditorium
Dara Richardson-Heron, MD, Chief Engagement Officer of the All of Us Research Program, is leading efforts to engage and retain one million or more volunteers in a landmark effort to advance innovative health research that may lead to more precise treatments and prevention strategies. All of Us, a cornerstone initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), aims to build one of the largest biomedical data sets in the world, involving participants from diverse communities across the United States. Richardson-Heron is responsible for forging partnerships with research participants, health care professionals, and national and community-based organizations to raise awareness of the program, with a special focus on populations that have been historically underrepresented in research.
She is also working with the NIH and All of Us Senior Leadership Team to develop strategies for creative and innovative programmatic efforts and enhancements.
Richardson-Heron has more than 20 years of leadership and management experience in the health care, corporate and nonprofit sectors, having served in Executive leadership positions at YWCA USA, Inc., Susan G. Komen for the Cure, United Cerebral Palsy Association and Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.
Dr. Richardson-Heron is a physician by trade and an advocate by choice who is passionate about leveraging her skills, experience and expertise to make the world a better place. She holds a doctorate in medicine from New York University School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Barnard College.
Sian Leah Beilock, PhD
President
Barnard College
Enhancing STEM Success for Women and Girls
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Uris Auditorium
Sian Leah Beilock became the 8th President of Barnard College in July, 2017. A cognitive scientist by training, she is focused on further developing Barnard as a singular institution. She is raising the College’s eminence in math, science and technology to parallel its renown in the arts and humanities. Building on our unique relationship with Columbia University, President Beilock is increasing options for students to transition directly from Barnard into a range of master’s programs at Columbia, including international relations, public health, and engineering. She is also working to bridge the gap between college and life after college through the innovative Beyond Barnard office, and she is dedicated to ensuring that Barnard continues to attract a highly diverse student body deeply engaged with all that the College and the City of New York have to offer.
Prior to her appointment as President, Beilock spent twelve years at the University of Chicago. As the Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology and a member of the Committee on Education, she specialized in how children and adults learn and perform at their best, especially under stress. In her role as a member of the senior leadership, she served as the Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives, and as the Executive Vice Provost and an Officer of the University.
In her research, Beilock focuses specifically on success in math and science for women and girls, and how performance anxiety can either be exacerbated, or alleviated by teachers, parents and peers. She explores the brain and body factors that influence skill learning and performance, as well as how simple psychological strategies can be used to ensure success in high-stakes situations ranging from test-taking and public speaking to athletics. She has published more than 100 papers and has received funding from the National Science Foundation (including a CAREER award), the Department of Education, and several foundations.
Beilock won the 2017 Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, she is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychological Association, and a member of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Early in her career, she received awards from the Association for Psychological Science, American Psychological Foundation, the Psychonomic Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
President Beilock is the author of two books that have been published in more than a dozen languages—the critically acclaimed Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have To (2010) and How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel (2015). Her recent TED talk has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.
President Beilock earned her Bachelor of Science in cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego, and doctorates of philosophy in both kinesiology and psychology from Michigan State University.
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Diversity Inclusion: The Time is Now
Thursday, April 25, 2019
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Uris Auditorium
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS, MBA is the Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Reede also holds appointments as Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, and is an Assistant in Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Reede is responsible for the development and management of a comprehensive program that provides leadership, guidance, and support to promote the increased recruitment, retention, and advancement of underrepresented minority, women, LGBT, and faculty with disabilities at Harvard Medical School (HMS). This charge includes oversight of all diversity activities at HMS as they relate to faculty, trainees, students, and staff. Dr. Reede also serves as the director of the Minority Faculty Development Program, and faculty director of Community Outreach Programs at Harvard Medical School, and Program Director of the Faculty Diversity Program of the Harvard Catalyst/The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center. Dr. Reede has created and developed more than 20 programs at HMS that aim to address pipeline and leadership issues for minorities and others who are interested in careers in medicine, academic and scientific research, and the healthcare professions.
At the national level, Dr. Reede has served on a number of boards and committees including the Secretary’s Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health; the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce; the National Children’s Study Advisory Committee of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Some of her current affiliations include the Steering Committee and Task Force for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS); the Advisory Committee to the Deputy Director for Intramural Research of the National Institutes of Health (AC DDIR), co-chair of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director’s Working Group on Diversity; the Association of American Medical Colleges Careers in Medicine Committee (AAMC); chair of the AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI); the CTSA Women in CTR Interest Group of the NIH, and the American Hospital Association Equity of Care Committee. Dr. Reede also serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Public Health, and she was the guest editor for the 2012 special issue, “Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine” of Academic Medicine for AAMC. Dr. Reede is the chair of the Institute of Medicine’s Interest Group (IG) 08 on Health of Populations/Health Disparities.
Dr. Reede is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Herbert W. Nickens Award from AAMC and the Society of General Medicine in 2005; election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 2009; the 2011 Diversity Award from the Association of University Professors; and in 2012 she was the recipient of an Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Trust Award. In 2013 she received an Exemplar STEM Award from the Urban Education Institute at North Carolina A & T University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dr. Reede is a 2015 recipient of the Jacobi Medallion from the Mount Sinai Alumni Association and the Icahn School of Medicine.
The 2019 recipients of awards honoring exceptional contributions to diversity at Weill Cornell Medicine will be recognized at the:
Diversity Awards Ceremony and Reception
Monday, April 22, 2019
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Griffis Faculty Club
Dean’s Diversity and Healthcare Disparity Research Awards
The Dean’s Diversity and Healthcare Disparity Research Awards support excellence in research to improve the health of women and underrepresented minorities and/or to reduce health disparities in healthcare systems and in clinical settings, either locally or globally. This year’s recipients will be formally announced and will present posters of their research at the Diversity Awards Ceremony and Reception.
Chief Strategy & Contracting Officer of the Weill Cornell Physician Organization
Assistant Professor of Radiology & Healthcare Policy & Research
The Jessica M. and Natan Bibliowicz Award for Excellence in Mentoring WomenFaculty recognizes outstanding men and women faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine who demonstrate commitment to advancing the academic careers of women in the areas of clinical care, research, or education. The individual must have a track record of providing strong mentorship, as well as fostering a nurturing and supportive environment for all faculty.
MD Student, Class of 2019
The Ida Sophia Scudder, MD Award for Excellence in Public Service recognizes an MD, PhD, MD-PhD, or PA student who has made significant contributions in the field of community service and providing care to the underserved.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
The Bruce Laine Ballard, MD Award for Excellence in Mentorship is presented to a faculty member who demonstrates a commitment to improving student life and to fostering a nurturing and supportive environment where students are able to thrive and succeed.
Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Bruce Laine Ballard, MD Award for Excellence in Mentorship is presented to a faculty member who demonstrates a commitment to improving student life and to fostering a nurturing and supportive environment where students are able to thrive and succeed.
Postdoctoral Scientist, Burke Neurological Institute
The Louis Wade Sullivan, MD Award for Excellence in Public Health Advocacy honors a resident or postdoctoral fellow who has been an outspoken champion for health promotion and a public health advocate, especially for medically underserved populations.
Special Assistant, Neurology
The Administrative Staff Award recognizes staff members who embody the spirit of cultural diversity and service. This award honors staff members who have gone beyond the call of duty to make sure the environment is inclusive, engaging and welcoming, and whose efforts may often go unnoticed.
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