DOM Medicine Grand Rounds: Transforming Science and Health Care Delivery to Achieve Health Equity

Former Duke resident and health equity thought leader, Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI, returns to campus to deliver the 2023 Clipp-Speer Medical Grand Rounds on Friday, June 9. Dr. Wilkins is a tenured professor of Medicine, senior vice president and senior associate dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a nationally recognized physician-scientist focusing on integrating social, cultural, and environmental factors into clinical and translational research. Learning objectives for the lecture include: discussion of academic medicine's historical and ongoing role in creating and maintaining systems that contribute to health inequities; approaches to disaggregating data by sociodemographic factors and apply to address inequities in health; strategies for conducting clinical research that is scientifically just and inclusive; and the importance of accountability within academic medicine's leadership to drive equitable and inclusive policies and initiatives.