EDI News

Recent master’s graduate and MD student Sonali Biswas is hoping to improve health outcomes for transgender teenagers through qualitative research.

The EDI Spotlight for June 2023 shines on Dane Whicker, Director of Gender and Sexual Diversity Initiatives for the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Duke University School of Medicine’s Black Employee Resource Group, ME², held its second annual Juneteenth celebration on June 15. ME² stands for Motivate, Mentor, Educate, & Empower.

Sharena Ballard-Hart is the Senior Program Coordinator and HR Manager for the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (BIAC). She also serves as the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Leader for BIAC.

Medical students Lily Guo and Linda Li each had different experiences before coming to Duke, but an affinity group for Asian American students gave them both a sense of belonging that they said they could not have found elsewhere.  

Duke’s chapter of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) is a student-run organization aimed at fostering a sense of community among the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student population at Duke University School of Medicine.  

The Michelle P. Winn Awards honor individuals and teams who exemplified inclusive excellence over the past year. Each year, Winn Awards are given to one staff member, faculty member, student, and team from across the more than 10,000 members of the School of Medicine. 

Chantell Evans is one of 31 inaugural recipients of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Freeman Hrabowsky Scholarships, a new award of up to $8.6M over 10 years for outstanding early career faculty dedicated to EDI.

In her Spotlight interview, Sonali Biswas reflects on how connecting with students sharing her identities helped her overcome her imposter syndrome and feelings of isolation.

Dean Klotman welcomes Julius Wilder, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Sociology, to discuss the rising rate of colon cancer in young adults, and what Duke is doing to help turn this trend around.

Black patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest have historically been less likely to receive potentially life-saving implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) than white patients.