DEIA Resources
A variety of print and online resources are available for faculty to access for professional and personal reference and reflection. In addition to scholarly work and materials prepared by fellow faculty, opportunities to engage with the local and national medical community are provided.
Resources for Under Represented Minority Faculty
Internal
- Medical Grand Rounds – “Can We Talk? Race and Bias in Clinical Medicine” presented by Sabrina Assoumou and Sheila Chapman (Jan 12, 2018)
- Minority Physician Recruitment Program at BMC
- Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at BUMC
- Diversity dinner photo roster (April 13, 2011)
- Scholarly articles
- Training opportunities
Boston Area
- The Boston Black Professionals Meetup Group
- Boston diversity index
- Finding a Community in Boston
- The Partnership
- Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
- Why we need more minority doctors (WBUR)
Association of American Medical Colleges
- Meetings for minority faculty
- Group on Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity initiatives
- Publications on diversity
- Study of Factors that Promote and Support
the Careers of Women of Color in
Academic Medicine
National associations
- Amos Medical Faculty Development Program seeks to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve senior rank in academic medicine
- Association of American Indian Physicians
- Association of Black Cardiologists
- Black Issues in Higher Education
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- Native Research Network
- Office Of Minority Health
- National Medical Association’s webcast on racial and ethnic differences in medicine
Research and grant opportunities
- Network of Minority Research Investigators
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- Career Development Awards
- NIH Women of Color Research Network – Resources
- About Women of Color Research Network
Resources for LGBT Faculty
DOM
- Needs assessment survey
- Grand Rounds: Ending Invisibility: Improving Healthcare for LGBT Communities
- Faculty Development group meetings
- Safe Space curriculum
BUMC
- BUSM Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
- LGBT public health research
- Medical School Addresses LGBT Health
- Medical students’ perspectives
- Out faculty at BUMC
- Pride 2011 photos
BU
- BU Today: LGBT Voices
- BU Today: Campus Mood Optimistic on Gay Rights
- Cohort Q at Graduate School of Management
- Gay and Lesbian Studies research guide
- Howard Thurman Center
- Spectrum: BU’s Queer and Allied Student Group
Professional Organizations
- AAMC: Making medical schools a welcoming environment for LGBT faculty and leaders
- American Thoracic Society listserv
- Center for Population Research in LGBT Health
- Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons
- Fenway Community Health
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
- GLBT Medical Students of Canada
- GLSEN Safe Space Kit
- HRC Healthcare Equality Index
- Joint Commission LGBT Field Guide
- National Summit on LGBT Medical Education
- Straight for Equality healthcare guide
- UMass Amherst Stonewall Center
- WPI Safe Zone Training
Reports
- Statement by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., on opportunities for advancing LGBT health research
- Report in response to IOM report: Consideration of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Individuals
- NIH strategy to address: Plans for Advancing LGBT Health Research
- IOM Report of LGBT Health: The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for better Understanding
- Health and Human Services Secretary’s recommendation for LGBT health
- Improving Healtch Care for the Lesbian and Gay Communities
- Institute of Medicine: The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People
- Making Colleges and Universities Safe for GLBT Students and Staff
- Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community
- Scholarly articles
Resources for Women Faculty
- Women Faculty Dinner
- Women Faculty in Science and Education at BU
- 2004 Committee on Women’s Status in the Department of Medicine
- Women’s Guild
- WIN: Women In Networks program is part of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Initiative. The WIN program is designed to increase work satisfaction, retention, and advancement of women faculty in science and engineering at BU
Professional organizations
- 2009 report on women faculty in academic medical centers
- AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS)
- Academic Women for Equality Now medical school scorecards
- Association for Women in Science
- Massachusetts chapter
- Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
- Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
- NIH grants–statistics for women recipients
- NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative
- NSF ADVANCE: Harvey Mudd College
- Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
- Society for Women’s Health Research
- Training opportunities
- Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology
External resources
- Update to NIH Policy on Diversity
- Gender Bias Bingo (online training)
- How to ask your chair for a raise
- Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Available for borrowing)
- Catalyst: expanding opportunities for women in business
- Research support for women
- Toolkit for women seeking a raise
- Scholarly articles on women in academic medicine
- Women’s Health: A Guide to Legal Resources