Two departments name vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion

物理医学和康复部的领导和维维安·史密斯神经外科部的领导层已任命多样性和包容性副主席。

The two newest vice chairs areJoel E. Frontera，医学博士, vice chair of education and associate professor in theDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation和Balveen Kaur, PhD，约翰·P·凯瑟琳·麦戈文（John P.Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery。

“Having vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion in some of our larger departments is another important milestone for McGovern Medical School,” saidLaTanya Love, MD，学生事务和多样性执行副总裁以及教育院长，广告临时。“这进一步加强了我们在部门一级对多样性和包容性的承诺。我们期待与每位副主席合作，我很高兴看到他们将完成的重要工作。”

Vice chairs demonstrate cultural awareness and knowledge, and provide vision and leadership for diversity and inclusion initiatives across the department’s various clinical, research, and teaching sites.

作为一个教育渠道，副主席为教师和行政人员提供了有关与多样性，公平和包容性有关的问题的培训和发展机会，同时致力于扩大现有的培训机会，以改善教职员工，员工和学生的校园气候。

The vice chairs play a role in the recruitment of future faculty and staff by providing effective strategies for identifying diverse candidates while working with faculty and staff search committees as well as residency and fellowship program leaders — working with each to address biases in screening and selection processes.

在领导层中，副主持人通过激发同事来实现新水平的专业知识，信心和生产力，在开发与多样性相关的目标和计划的同时，有助于在整个部门进行变革。每个副主席都使用这些计划来帮助建立，支持和维持与不同人口，社区和组织的战略合作伙伴关系。

Vice chairs for Diversity and Inclusion from the remaining departments at McGovern Medical School will be named at a later date.

In August 2021, three departments named their vice chairs including,Harleen K. Sandhu, MD, MPH心胸和血管手术系助理教授兼临床研究主任；beplay苹果手机能用吗您的Nguyen，医学博士，神经病学副教授，临床神经生理学研究金；和Angela P. Haynes Burgess，医学博士，博士, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences.

2020年11月，麦戈文医学院的八个部门命名了首届副主席多样性和包容性副主席。有关多样性和包容性的首届副主席以及他们代表的部门是：

• Omonele o . Nwokolo, MD，麻醉学系
• Yolanda R. Villarreal, PhD，家庭医学系
• Omowunmi Aibana, MD, MPH, Department of Internal Medicine
• Nicole R. Gonzales, MD神经病学系
• Syed S. Hashmi, MD, MPH, PhD, Department of Pediatrics
• Elaheh Ashtari，Psyd, Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Rodrick C. Zvavanjanja, MD，诊断和介入成像系
• Ritha M. Belizaire，医学博士，手术系

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