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2024年总统团结一心多元化奖得主

(从左至右)萨拉·曼格尔斯多夫主席、托马斯·格林伍德博士. Jahaira Capellan博士. 萨比拉·坎波博士. 卡伦·格林博士. 吉尔哈特曼, Elizabeth Davila, 凯伦·罗杰斯, Dr. 马文桌巾和Dr. Adrienne Morgan at the 2024 总统团结一致多元化奖 reception in Feldman Ballroom January 25, 2024. // Matt Wittmeyer为澳门威尼斯人网上赌场拍摄

 

我们很荣幸地宣布 2024年总统团结一心多元化奖. 的 event highlighted the impact and achievements of the award winners and celebrated 多样性 和包容 on our campus. 1月25日,一百多人聚集在费尔德曼舞厅, 2024 to honor the recipients and reinforce our commitment to making the 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场 an ever more inclusive place.

倡导与行动奖:博士. 马文桌巾

该奖项旨在表彰, 博士后澳门威尼斯人网上赌场人员, or faculty who exemplify excellence in developing and sustaining an infrastructure to support equity, 多样性, 和包容.

Dr. 马文桌巾他是电子及电脑工程学系教授及系主任. 当博士. Doyley became chair, he established his commitment to 多样性 from the very beginning. He felt that 多样性 was an area in which he felt the department needed much improvement and worked tirelessly to change the 文化 and the practice in the department for the better.

在证明他的承诺的众多理由中,2020年,奥巴马博士将成为其中之一. Doyley成立了DEI电气与计算机工程委员会(ECE). 委员会的任务是授权欧洲经委会教员, 工作人员, 让学生们找出在公平和包容方面需要改进的地方.

2020年8月. Doyley applied to the National Science Foundation for the 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场 to become a site for Research Experiences for Under澳门威尼斯人网上赌场生s, 这项澳门威尼斯人网上赌场是由国家科学基金会全额资助的. 项目的头两年非常成功, 每年有100多名本科生申请澳门威尼斯人网上赌场机会. 到目前为止,已有21名学生成功完成了为期10周的澳门威尼斯人网上赌场体验. 该项目的第三年将于今年夏天开始.

包容性劳动力奖:乌伦医科大学儿科学系

这个奖项表彰的是一个部门, 学校, 或者旨在加强招聘和留住多元化教师的项目, 工作人员, 和/或学生.

儿科澳门威尼斯人网上赌场医学中心,由 Dr. 吉尔哈特曼, Saabirah坎波, Dr. 杰西卡·尚德, Dr. 卡伦Gellin, 尼古拉·巴勒斯, 托马斯·格林伍德, has made significant and measurable change in the inclusivity of its environment and the 多样性 of its 工作人员.

的 leadership of the 儿科 demonstrates a commitment to fostering an environment that embraces 多样性 through establishing a 文化 of intentional anti-racism through monthly department-wide DEI micro-learnings and enhancements that integrate DEI into their curriculum.

将公平和包容的价值观引入招聘, the department utilizes guidelines developed by the AAMC to identify individuals who share a commitment to these values, 积极提高医疗中心教职员工的多样性, 对病人和他们的家人也是如此.

协助留住不同部门的员工, leadership has implemented retention strategies such as conducting annual compensation equity reviews and assigning mentors to all junior faculty members. 的se strategies have proven effective; recruitment data show a significant increase in the number of under-represented medicine candidates interviewed and an impressive 36% of under-represented residents matching in the past year. 这些结果超过了全国儿科住院医师多样性数据.

*该奖项由萨比拉·坎波获得, 医学博士和卡伦·格林, 代表儿科的医学博士.

变革者奖: Dr. Jahaira Capellan

该奖项授予一名或多名学生(本科生), 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场生, or postdoctoral) and/or a student organization that aims to cultivate a fair and just climate, 文化, 和一个公平的社区, 多样化的, 以及在大学和/或其周边社区的包容性镜头.

作为博士后, 专职家庭护士, 她孜孜不倦地倡导拉丁裔的健康和语言平等, Dr. Jahaira Capellan 体现了卓越的承诺, 坚定的激情, 以及在促进澳门威尼斯人网上赌场和医疗领域的公平和包容方面做出的卓越努力. Her research has focused on better understanding the parenting practices and needs of the Spanish speaking Puerto Rican community of Rochester. 在她的博士工作中,她澳门威尼斯人网上赌场了拉丁人的育儿技巧, eventually helping build a more comprehensive understanding of Puerto Rican parenting and feeding practices which she hopes to use to formulate an intervention to help address the obesity epidemic amongst Puerto Ricans.

Dr. Capellan is also an active member of the Cancer Support Community and the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester. Within these organizations, she has 提倡d for the importance of providing resources in Spanish. 她也是拉丁裔健康联盟的积极成员. 在制度层面, she has 提倡d for the inclusion of Spanish payment information for participants who are enrolled in clinical studies. She is also interested in developing a Latinx research hub to help facilitate research with the Latinx community by building community partnerships, 信任, streamlining the Research Subjects Review Board process for those who want to do research with Spanish speakers. 最后,作为一名家庭执业护士. Capellan一直表现出同理心, 同情, 尊重病人的不同背景和需求.

公平之桥奖:娜塔莉·约翰逊

This award recognizes a member from a bargaining group who aims to initiate and lead action for eliminating equity gaps for disproportionately impacted people and communities at the University.

娜塔莉·约翰逊, 7-3400病房的病房秘书, 在斯特朗纪念医院工作了四十多年. 在这段时间里. 约翰逊带来了她的专业技能, 职业道德, 以及对学校政策的了解,以帮助她的工会成员. Her colleagues describe Miss Natalie as “an incredible asset for our Bargaining Unit.”

Ms. 约翰逊 brought her depth of understanding and commitment to her work as a union delegate for seven years and her recent work as Chief Nursing Delegate for the last four years. Ms. 约翰逊 has worked to establish relationships with management that has proved beneficial for both the union and the medical center. Her commitment and dedication make her a role model to other delegates and union members.

*该奖项由伊丽莎白·达维拉(Elizabeth Davila)代表. 约翰逊.

社会影响力奖:凯伦·罗杰斯, EE Pathways Health的创始人兼首席执行官, 健康, 生活方式工作室, 有限责任公司

This award recognizes a Greater Rochester community organization and/or member of the Rochester community who aims to address racial and social justice issues facing the greater community.

凯伦·罗杰斯 创建了情感表达途径(以前称为运动快车), it became the only Black-owned Home and Community-Based Services provider in Rochester serving Medicaid recipients. Ms. 罗杰斯改善了穷人的健康和福祉, 通过社区参与教育,帮助服务不足的社区成员, 对等恢复, 和锻炼. 然而, 她的生意只是一个基础,作为一个社区领袖,她可以做更多的事情, 提倡, 作为榜样.

在门罗县,截至2014年, Black and Latino individuals had higher rates than whites of the top five causes of premature mortality, 包括癌症, 心脏病, 受伤, 杀人, 和糖尿病. 令人不安的是, those living in the poorest areas lived an average of 10 years less than those living in the richest county areas. EE Pathways works directly with those who have these striking healthcare disparities. Ms. 在她的社区外展活动中,罗杰斯不仅仅是经营一家健身公司, 举办社区自行车骑行活动, 食物的赠品, 还有户外健康博览会.

在芝加哥大学医学中心精神科. 罗杰斯正在参与三个资助项目,为她的社区服务. 通过这些项目, 她帮助提供初级保健, 卫生和社会服务导航, 为经历过监禁的女性提供健康和保健活动, 创伤, 和/或物质使用障碍, 以及服务不足的老年人和残疾人.

在她所有的活动中, 她是正能量的榜样, 开车, 也给了她的员工力量, 她的客户, 以及她的社区和学术伙伴.

 赋权公平变革奖:玛丽-弗朗西斯·温特斯

This award recognizes a member of the Board of Trustees who aims to advance the 澳门威尼斯人网上赌场’s mission by bringing an equitable, 多样化的, 以及包容的视角来看待他们在大学的参与.

Mary-Frances冬天 is an alumna and a trailblazer who has made an indelible mark on the history of this institution as the first Black woman on the Board of Trustees. 她于1987年加入董事会. 温特斯慷慨地奉献了她的时间, 专业知识, 为改善我们的社区提供经验. 她是首席执行官, 一个作家, 全国公认的思想领袖, 也证明了当激情与目标相遇时,一切皆有可能. 我们大学从她的参与中获益匪浅.