BME Organizations Leading Diversity (BOLD)
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Mission:
To coordinate a national, BME community response to the longstanding racism in our nation and its impact on 1) the composition and culture of our field and 2) healthcare inequality.
Steering Committee:
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Norma Alcantar Chair |
Treena Arinzeh |
Evangelia Bellas |
Kris Billiar |
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Naomi Chesler |
Vicki Colvin |
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez |
Arthur Edge |
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Teresa Murry |
Brenda Ogle |
Cynthia Reinhart-King |
Evan Scott |
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Anita Singh |
John White |
Joyce Wong |
Kaiming Ye |
News and Current Events:
Rising BME Regional Conference June 22-24, 2022 • Washington University in St. LouisThe 2022 Rising BME Scholars Regional Career Conference is part of a collaborative effort to recruit, strengthen and diversify the next generation of academic researchers in BME. This event will give participants the opportunity to learn from faculty and from each other about pathways to professional success and reward in academic careers. |
Accessibility at BMES 2022 Annual Meeting BMES is working to make the Annual Meeting even more accessible for attendees! We are working to contract with a sign language interpreter as well as provide closed captioning during the event. |
Mentorship Program Opportunity Create a DEI mentorship program for department chairs and faculty via a collaboration between the BMES Diversity Committee, the AIMBE Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and the AIMBE Committee for Underrepresented Minorities. |
Anti-racism: A roadmap to policy transformation in BME 2021 Summit on Anti-Racism in BME
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Council of BME Diversity Collaborate with the Council of BME Chairs to regularly convene leaders of departmental diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI) groups (i.e., the Council of BME Diversity) in an effort to effectively spread and thereby amplify successful activities. |
Virtual Seminars and Conference Session Convene dedicated conference sessions and virtual seminars led by renowned subject matter experts to promote and foster discussions focused on bringing to light the conscious and subconscious biases, which disproportionately affect the Black community with a long-term effort to build findings into policy-driven action |
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