Diversity and Inclusion
Our Commitment ~
“The Department of Neurology at the University of Chicago is committed to fostering and promoting a culture of respect and advancing a diverse environment. We are continually seeking to implement novel strategies and approaches to augment the diversity of our faculty, staff, trainees, and students. Our department actively supports diversity and inclusion in recruitment, advancement, and retention, based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and age. The Department recognizes that having diverse faculty, staff, residents/fellows, and students is essential to the success of our mission of excellence in clinical care, education, and research and essential to address the needs of our diverse patient population.
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Education
Education is the first step towards breaking down barriers and cultivating a climate of inclusivity. Here is a recent event we held in the department.
Diversity and Inclusion Grand Round - Implicit Bias
Tobias Spears, Senior Director and Assistant Dean, Diversity & Inclusion, University of Chicago
Beatrix McBride, Program Administrator, Diversity and Inclusion, University of Chicago
Implicit Bias Presentation - https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b0bfef
Our Strategies
People:
- Promote and enhance recruitment, advancement and retention of diverse faculty, staff and trainees
Education:
- Create diversity educational opportunities for faculty, staff and trainees
Community:
- Create strategies to address neurology related healthcare disparities
- Create Neurology residency community outreach rotations
- Develop Neurology related outreach activities in underserved communities
Collaboration:
- Partner with Urban Health Initiative with a Neurology focus
Transparency:
- Produce and post each year the department’s diversity by profession’s, rank’s and roles to our website annually.
Advocacy:
- Continue our enhancement to advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in the admissions process for Trainees