The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host its 6th Annual Diversity Week event that will take place during week of April 15th to April 19th, 2024. An array of events will take place throughout the week featuring two Keynote Lectures presented by Thomas LaVeist, PhD, Dean, Weatherhead Chair, & Professor, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Irwin and Sheila Allen Chair in Women’s Heart Research and Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Director of the Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center at the Smidt Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute. Diversity Grand Round talks from experts in their fields, health disparity and mentoring in medicine symposiums, paneled events centered around work-life balance, women in science, and LGBT issues in medicine, among others will be presented during the week long event. In addition, winners of the Ritu Banga Healthcare Disparities Research Awards, Pioneers in Diversity Awards, and the Jessica M. and Natan Bibliowicz Award for Excellence in Mentoring Women Faculty will be honored during an evening celebration of diversity. Stay tuned for more information and a scheduled list of events!
For more information contact diversityinclusion@med.cornell.edu