Workshop: The State of Anti-Black Racism in U.S Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Join the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (SEM) for a virtual public workshop to explore facets of anti-Black racism in U.S. science, engineering, and medicine.
This workshop will serve as a capstone for the Roundtable to review its work on this important issue. Join us to:
- UNDERSTAND how racism continues to be a barrier to increasing the number of African-Americans in SEM.
- DISCUSS how systemic, anti-Black racism affects the educational pathways and mentoring and advising relationships of Black students in SEM.
- FOCUS on how anti-Black racism contributes to the financial barriers and psychological factors that impact Black Students in SEM.
- EXAMINE the role of anti-Black racism in the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black Communities
Speakers will include:
- Dr. Gilda Barabino, PhD, President of Olin College of Engineering
- The Honorable Michellene Davis, JD, President and CEO of the National Medical Fellowships, Inc.
- Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, Senior Fellow, Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Cardiovascular Research Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine
- Dr. Cato Laurencin, MD, PhD, Chair National Academies Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Dr. Shirley M. Malcom, PhD, Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Dr. Marcia McNutt, PhD, President of the National Academy of Sciences
- Dr. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President, Humana
- Dr. Vivian Pinn, MD, Senior Scientist Emerita at the NIH Fogarty International Center
- Dr. Andrea Reid, MD, Associate Dean for Student and Multicultural Affairs and Director of the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs at Harvard Medical School
- Dr. Altha J. Stewart, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, Associate Professor and Chief of Social/Community Psychiatry, and Director, Center for Health in Justice Involved Youth at University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Dr. Hannah Valantine, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University
- Dr. Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
This is an initiative of the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
More information available at the Event Page.
Date: December 6-7, 2021
Location: Online only
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-of-anti-black-racism-in-us-science-engineering-and-medicine-registration-207236559127