Completed Initiatives

Chief Diversity Officer/ Deputy Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

• Start Date: 1-Apr-15
• Projected Completion Date: 31-Aug-15
• Actual Completion Date: January 2017 - Dr. Latimore arrived at Yale School of Medicine
• Initiative Source: Ad Hoc Task force on Gender Equity & SWIM
• Responsible Parties: SWIM, Dean Alpern
• Outcome: Successful recruitment of Dr Darin Latimore

Recruit new Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Associate Dean for Science Affairs

• Start Date:
• Projected Completion Date:
• Actual Completion Date: 2017
• Initiative Source: SWIM
• Responsible Parties: Chief Diversity Officer Deputy Dean Latimore
• Goals
  1. SWIM involved/ represented in replacing these important positions
• Outcome: Dean has created three positions and filled them. Linda Bockenstedt, Brian Smith and Mike Crair

Faculty senate (Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC))

• Start Date: 1-Jan-15
• Projected Completion Date: 1-Jan-16
• Initiative Source: SWIM
• Responsible Parties: Dean Alpern, Faculty
• Goals
  1. Establish senate
• Outcome: The Dean has established FAC instead of a Senate. Senate/Council membership should be included on the Dean's website.

All A&P YSM committee membership should be transparent

• Start Date: 1-Jul-15
• Projected Completion Date: 1-Oct-15
• Actual Completion Date: 1-Aug-15
• Initiative Source: SWIM
• Responsible Parties: Dean Alpern
• Goals
  1. All A&P YSM committee membership should be transparent and available on faculty affairs/ Provost website.
• Outcome: A&P committee membership published on Dean's website; this should also be available on faculty affairs/Provost website.

Increase female representation on YMG Executive Board and on At-large members so that governing committees have minimum of 40% women.

• Start Date: 1-Mar-15
• Projected Completion Date: 1-Sep-15
• Actual Completion Date: 27-Jul-15
• Initiative Source: SWIM
• Responsible Parties: Dean Alpern, Paul Taheri, Roberta Hines, SWIM
• Goals
  1. Committee appointments to YMG decided by nominating committee rather than one person;
  2.Diversify YMG and YMG/YNHH/NEMG boards, YMG governing committees, so proportional representation of women and URM. Recommend that this July, new At-large members be primarily women (7+1) in contrast to previous year (1:7)
• Outcome: SWIM submitted 18 names of highly qualified Female faculty willing to serve.