Working Groups & Projects

Owned by Jennifer Goins
Last updated: Jan 04, 2017 by Randall Grimes
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The Diversity and Inclusion Council is broken into the following five working groups, each with different responsibilities.

 

Education/Training & Communication:  Recommendations (Best Practices Tools, Resources) for Faculty, staff and learners, Sharing information both within and beyond council “walls”

Will Alexander (Neurology) - William.Alexander@dm.duke.edu

Michelle Arlotto (Molecular Physiology Institute) - Michellee.Arlotto@dm.duke.edu

Keithara Davis (medical student) - keithara.davis@duke.edu

Jennifer Goins (Immunology) - Jennifer.Goins@dm.duke.edu

Alina Nicoara (Anesthesiology-Cardiac Division) - alina.nicoara@duke.edu

Richard O'Brien (Neurology) - richard.obrien@duke.edu

Sherolyn Patterson (Neurosurgery) - Sherolyn.Patterson@dm.duke.edu

Angel Romero Ruiz (Community and Family Medicine) - Angel.Romero@duke.edu

 

Projects

  1. Increase Wiki use
  2. Webinars
  3. Personal testimonies videos for distribution
  4.  Duke New Employee Orientation - Diversity is a Duke goal.  Create a D&I session


Projects Completed

  1. Communication Platform:  Council Wiki site (launching April 2016)
  2. New member training resource:  Self-guided training page on the Council Wiki site
  3. Getting Started Area:  Building Blocks (white privilege, Implicit Bias, etc.)

Recruitment & Retention Strategies:  Strategies for ensuring excellence in search committees and other selection processes, Best Practices for Outreach & "In-Reach"

Margarita Bidegain

Lisa Ho

Toby Hedgepeth

Sharyn Endow

Sharon Updike

Anna Terry

Goldis Malek

Kenny Railey

Jurgen Wanke

Randy Grimes

 

Projects

  1.  D&I training for Chairs, Division Chiefs, Program Directors, Institute Heads
  2. Inclusion Council needs to have 7:30 am meetings

Culture & Climate:  Diversity Task Force Report; assessing and advancing Inclusion (AAMC diversity and engagement survey, faculty and work climate surveys).

Gina Streaty

John McCall

Kathryn Andolsek

Rachel Reilly

Sherilynn Black

Erin Lesesky

 

Projects

  1. Dissemination of D&I to all levels of leadership
  2. Implicit Bias training for all staff and faculty
  3. Spread the word on Inclusion Council's work and progress
  4. Biggest Challenges:  strategies to increase survey participation, creating action items from survey results, improving communication about the survey.

Building Bridges & Enhancing Relationships Across Traditional "Divides":  Best Practices & Recommendations for Inter-professionalism:  faculty/staff, Community, MD/PA/PT

Elizabeth Ross

Bob Crouch

Wendy Covington

Linda Cendales

Jeanine Holland


Projects

  1. Advocacy to leadership in key areas, i.e. implicit bias, funding, D&I line items within budget
  2. Assist in development of resources to support D&I
  3. Create an annual training module forimpl9icit bias, LGBTQ, mentorship, hierarchy, and other relevant D&I areas.
  4. Biggest Challenges - not enough time, working with HR to make annual training mandatory like other modules

 

Measurement Matters:  Data Mining, Benchmarking & Best Practices For Assessing Climate

Christine Marx

Ying-hui Chou

Viviana Martinez-Bianchi

Kim Johnson

Mani Berenji

Tony Fuller

Projects

  1. Review diversity plans from all departments
  2. Provide an overview of top 10/20 action plans
  3. Obtain diversity data on medical school students, residents and fellows as a reflection of the pipeline
  4. Biggest Challenges:  need more time and need to meet regularly