[WTI-trainee] Reminder: Diversity in Academia Town Hall, with Dr. Kaf Dzirasa, Tomorrow March 8 @9:30AM (SHM-I 304)

Tue Mar 7 16:58:12 EST 2023

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 8, from 9:30 – 10:30 am (SHM-I 304), please join us for a Town Hall on Diversity in Academia, hosted by the Genetics Department and the Wu Tsai Institute and featuring Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neuro.duke.edu%2Fresearch%2Ffaculty-labs%2Fdzirasa-lab&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452425915651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1hm2WdmzFKwl6RlhaxQOk4zxabp8NISj64dv32Ps44Q%3D&reserved=0>, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, neurobiology, and neurosurgery, and the K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor at Duke University. Dr. Dzirasa has written and spoken extensively about the importance of a more inclusive and diverse research workforce and our need to dismantle exclusionary practices and structures within academia. We will talk about how to collectively move forward, with an emphasis on institutional leaders, per recommendations from a recent National Academies report<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalacademies.org%2Four-work%2Fadvancing-anti-racism-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-stem-organizations-a-consensus-study&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452425915651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CO20IyJ7zSfCgPNjrYXKeJHtktuWdM3gF65zSpCJLMU%3D&reserved=0>. There will be a networking breakfast from 9:00-9:30am. Students, postdocs, faculty members, and department leaders are strongly encouraged to attend.

Read more about Dr. Dzirasa’s thoughts and work on these topics:

  *   Dr. Kafui Dzirasa: A Black Man in a White Coat<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6-h2gKUUQWk&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452425915651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=j8tKnH%2BFOSZOlkzWTDYZ7UY9Uf6B%2F0iA5J8NyKq9sNM%3D&reserved=0>
  *   For Black Scientists, the Sorrow Is Also Personal<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cell.com%2Fcell%2Ffulltext%2FS0092-8674(20)30805-9&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452425915651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Gyvp4hV1moiEjz4ssGEVoMxX0KuFiaz%2BANdu4Qrfuc8%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Revising the a Priori Hypothesis: Systemic Racism Has Penetrated Scientific Funding<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cell.com%2Fcell%2Ffulltext%2FS0092-8674(20)31223-X&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452425915651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Bmpae1BHUi%2BqRAfaqc1kJjMKZ7bRoUy2%2BxjovmqBxbk%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Inclusion is our roadmap back to global science dominance<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fopinion%2Fhealthcare%2F509103-inclusion-is-our-roadmap-back-to-global-science-dominance%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452425915651%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=783pHxOZ%2FSBM4CFgvgGHCVuZtyleWjwm%2BB95zYjGjD8%3D&reserved=0>
  *   Missing in Action: African Ancestry Brain Research<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cell.com%2Fneuron%2Ffulltext%2FS0896-6273(20)30525-0&data=05%7C01%7Cgiovanna.guerrero-medina%40yale.edu%7Cf9ed7b729c29407e8c7a08db1be73db5%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638134452426071873%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GZemS4ynI82d5M72OMLiB8Q06eOrJYdosiYh8UEVlLU%3D&reserved=0>

Please direct questions to Dr. Giovanna Guerrero-Medina (Giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu<mailto:Giovanna.guerrero-medina at yale.edu>) and/or to Dr. Yong-Hui Jiang (yong-hui.jiang at yale.edu<mailto:yong-hui.jiang at yale.edu>).

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Giovanna Guerrero-Medina PhD

She/Her/Ella

Director, Yale Ciencia Initiative, Yale School of Medicine, Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion

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Assistant Director for Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Wu Tsai Institute at Yale

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