The final SWDSS event of the 2023–2024 season will focus on strategies to enhance inclusion and create a culture of equity within the scientific workforce at academic institutions as well as methods for assessing culture change.
Panelists will discuss the benefits of inclusive excellence in the scientific workforce and barriers that institutions face in fostering inclusive cultures.
This virtual seminar will also share principles of inclusive practices that can be adopted by other academic institutions across the biomedical, social, and behavioral research enterprise.
Marie A. Bernard M.D.
Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD), NIH
Alison Gammie, Ph.D.
Director of the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH
Lea Vacca Michel, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives for the College of Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
Dr. Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H., FACC
Professor, School of Medicine, Director and Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Research Center and Clinical and Translational Research
Morehouse School of Medicine
Blanton S. Tolbert, Ph.D.
Vice President of Science Leadership and Culture
Howard Hughes Medical Institute