Volume 16 - September 2003

Welcome from Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at HMS

MINORITY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Established in 1990, the DCP Minority Faculty Development Program seeks to: increase the number of minority faculty at Harvard Medical School; increase the number of minority physicians and scientists who undertake their post-graduate medical education at one of the 17 Harvard Medical School-affiliated institutions; establish model programs for the development of minority faculty with an emphasis on mentoring and leadership; and create programs designed to reach out to the pre-college and college populations with the goal of bringing outstanding, underrepresented
minority students into the pipeline.

2002-2003 Excellence in Mentoring Awards

Diversity in U.S. Medical Schools, A Case Study of Stanford and UCSF

The Sixth Commonwealth Fund/Harvard Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and the First California Endowment Scholars in Health Policy
Annual Meeting: Reunion and “Re-Education”

Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in
Minority Health Policy Fellows for 2003-2004

The California Endowment Scholars in Health Policy
at Harvard University: 2003-2004 Scholars

2003 Summer Programs Research Dinners at Harvard Medical School

Summer Programs Feature

Program for Research and Investigation in Science and Math (PRISM) Summer Camp Provides Foundation for Success

Four Directions Summer Research Program Fetes 10th Anniversary

Native American Summer Programs at Harvard Medical School

Project Success: Opening the Door to Biomedical Careers—
Perspective of an Alumnus

The Pre-Matriculation Summer Program at HMS and HSDM

2003 Health Policy Summer Program

Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP)

Summer Research Trainee Program at Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard School of Dental Medicine Summer Research Program

My Experience at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s
Summer Research Program

Harvard School of Public Health’s Lab-based Summer Internship
Program for Undergraduates

Joslin Diabetes Center Summer Student Program

Opportunities for Post-Doctoral Fellows and Students

COMMUNITY OUTREACH
The DCP Office of Community Outreach Programs, established in 1999, builds and supports partnerships among Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the community. These partnerships seek to improve the health of the community and, in particular, address issues of health and healthcare disparity based on racial or societal inequalities. The Office of Community Outreach Programs also focuses on the underrepresentation of minorities within the workforce, with an emphasis on careers in healthcare and the biomedical sciences. OCOP also works closely with the following entities within Harvard Medical School: Minority Faculty Development Program, Office of Enrichment Programs, Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs.

Announcements from the Office of Community Outreach Programs

The Milestone Symposia

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Awarded to Harvard Medical School in September 2002, and under the direction of the Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, the Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities (COE) seeks to enhance the academic performance of underrepresented minority (URM) students, strengthen efforts to support the cultural competency preparedness of faculty, residents, and students, and to expand current models for underrepresented faculty development and student/faculty research that focuses on issues of minority health and health disparities. The COE's six programmatic areas of focus are: Student Performance, Faculty Development, Information Resources and Cultural Competence, Faculty and Student Research, Student Training in Providing Health Care Services, and Pipeline Programs.

New Web Site for the Center of Excellence in Minority Health
and Health Disparities

Breakfast to Recognize 2003 - 2005 Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities Faculty Fellows

Opportunities for Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Among Underserved Populations

Leadership Development for Physicians and Scientists

Ad-Hoc Committee Developing Harvard Medical School
Culturally Competent Care Curriculum

Career Development Series—NIH Funding Opportunities:
Intramural and Extramural Programs

NEWS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES
Harvard Medical School has more than 5,000 full-time faculty working in eight academic departments based at the School's Boston quadrangle or in one of 47 academic departments at 17 affiliated teaching hospitals and research institutes.

We welcome, and actively seek, articles from our colleagues at any of our affiliated institutions. We are delighted to showcase here a number of very interesting initiatives that have taken place at some of our affiliated institutions and across several Harvard schools in recent months.

President Summers’ Statement regarding
Supreme Court decisions on university admissions

Joslin Launches Outreach Initiatives to Raise Diabetes Awareness
Among At-Risk Minorities

Division of Service Learning at Harvard Medical School

Hundreds Turn Out for “The Angry Heart” Screening

EVENTS
The Minority Faculty Development Program's Diversity and Community Outreach Calendar posts events that cater to the minority faculty, staff, students, and community. It also serves as a tool to demonstrate the ways in which programs are seeking to facilitate change and growth.

Volunteers Needed for the Explorations Program

If you would like to post events on the on-line Diversity and Community Outreach Calendar, please visit www.mfdp.med.harvard.edu/calendar

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