We are excited to announce that applications for the Visiting Students Scholarship Program are now being accepted on a rolling basis. This program offers medical students the opportunity to spend four weeks in a medicine elective at Yale New Haven Hospital. Learn more about the program on the Department’s diversity website. The first student in the revamped program will come to New Haven in September 2022. The next opportunity for visits will be during the summer and early fall 2023. Encourage interested students to apply now.
Many of the working groups are taking a month off for the summer. Working group meetings will resume in the late summer and/or fall 2022.
The nationwide search for the Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the Department of Internal Medicine is underway. The Vice Chair for DEI will be charged with elevating a strategic vision for expansion of DEI activities. The selected candidate will oversee the Office of DEI for the Department, chair the DEI Committee, and work in coordination with Vice Chairs, Division Chiefs, and Program Directors from the Department of Internal Medicine to actively promote a comprehensive approach to recruitment, retention, and support of highly qualified, diverse, and talented faculty, staff, residents, and fellows. Interested applicants can review the complete description and apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/105407.
Many of the DEI vice chiefs gathered for a working dinner a few weeks ago. It was a fantastic evening of comradery. A great evening was had by all, and we are energized and ready to serve our sections.
If there are questions about any Department of Medicine diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, or an issue pertaining to DEI across the department for faculty, trainees, or staff, please contact Vandana. If you are a DEI vice chief and have a question or concern, please contact Aba. For GME-related DEI questions, please contact Steve Huot.
For this month’s “Voices of DEI,” we highlight Snigdha Jain, MD. You can read this column on the website and via social media. If you wish to participate as a featured voice of DEI and we welcome all to do so, please complete the survey at this link.
We are excited to partner with each of you on DEI initiatives.
Best wishes,
Vandana Khungar, MD, MSc (Interim Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
Vice Chief for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Digestive Diseases
Associate Professor of Medicine
Aba Black, MD, MHS (Interim Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
Vice Chief for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | General Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine