Collaborative Excellence

Comparative Medicine is committed to fostering a welcoming environment for trainees, staff, and faculty. We strive to promote a culture of equity, respect, and kindness within our department and beyond. We welcome individuals with all perspectives and experiences, irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, ability, socioeconomic status, religion, or other personal characteristics into our educational, scientific, and professional community.

Our team fosters these five core values:

• Recruitment of promising applicants with a wide variety of perspectives and experiences
• Education of department members on topics tailored to promoting a safe and inclusive environment
• Advocacy on behalf of all trainees, staff, faculty, and students in our department
• Retention of department members by providing a safe work environment where all can thrive
• Outreach from our community to the broader New Haven community

• Form mentoring committees for incoming CMED members
• Establish paid internship for local high school/undergraduate students and a partially funded postbaccalaureate position
• CMED stories
  • Solicit stories from department members, highlight one department member per month with the aim of strengthening understanding and community
• Postdoc speaker series
• Journal club