Task Forces

Employee Inclusion and Cultural Awareness task force

This task force consists of employees who have volunteered to join the group from across the Department of Medicine.

The charge of the employee task force is to explore and identify diversity and inclusion related areas of concern and barriers for employees and to recommend innovative solutions.

Feedback from the initial meeting led to the creation of another task force for employee supervisor and managers.

Leadership

• Teana Allen

Employee Manager Inclusion and Cultural Awareness task force

This task force consists of employees who volunteered to join the group from across the Department of Medicine.

The charge of the employee manager task force is to explore and identify diversity and inclusion related areas of concern and barriers for employees and to recommend innovative solutions.

Leadership

• Rachel Sorenson, Manager – Clinical Research Training Center, Division of Infectious Diseases
• Andwele Jolly, Business Director, Divisions of Allergy & Immunology, Rheumatology and Hematology

Faculty Inclusion and Cultural Awareness task force

This task force consists of faculty members who volunteered to join the group from across the Department of Medicine.

The charge of the faculty task force is to explore and identify diversity and inclusion related areas of concern and barriers for faculty and then to recommend innovative solutions.

Leadership

• Lisa de las Fuentes, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
• Aubrey Morrison, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
• Kara Sternhell-Blackwell, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Dermatology

Trainee Inclusion and Cultural Awareness task force

This task force consists of trainees (postdoctoral, fellowship, residents, and graduate students) who have volunteered to join the group from across the Department of Medicine.

The charge of the TICA task force is to explore and identify diversity and inclusion related areas of concern and barriers for trainees and to recommend innovative solutions.

Leadership

• Felicia Gomez, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Oncology
• Jessica Silva-Fisher, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Oncology