“How might...the history of your people affect your experience today? Could this be affecting your mental or physical health?” - Marissa Coleman, PsyD, #UVMLarnerMed med student wellness advisor & @UVMMedCenter VP of DEI & clin psych Read more - go.uvm.edu/racedialogue2

Join #UVMLarnerMed & Nuvance Health today @ 12 PM for "Open Forums with Friends & Colleagues Around the World," an interactive Zoom series feat. Makerere University College of Health Sciences's Dr. Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka re "Management of HIV among Adolescents." UVM Nursing & Health Sciences Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med @UVMHealth @UVMMedCenter

Join the #UVMLarnerMed LCOMCares Service Corps this Saturday, Oct 16 at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention "Out of the Darkness" #SuicidePrevention walk in Burlington! More info & join or support the team: bit.ly/3p7lpui #TogetherToFightSuicide

Join the Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med for its November Book Club - Audre Lorde's "The Cancer Journals." Fill out a brief interest form at bit.ly/3BHinAC. *Open to Larner Med med students, grad students, faculty, & staff. UVMLarnerMedDEI UVM Gender Equity

"When things remain static—and I hope they won’t with you in charge—when systems and structures sluggishly remain in place despite your every level of agitation, then I want you to push harder." - Devika Singh, M.D. Read, watch, & listen to more: go.uvm.edu/devikasingh

Hi all my #meded folks, I am working as part of Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med to compile a glossary of harmful terms in the pre-clinical and clinical learning environments for a presentation on inclusive language. Please reply if you have suggestions and feel free to RT and share. Thanks!

Yesterday, #UVMLarnerMed welcomed alum, now CDC Chief Medical Officer Mitchell Wolfe, MD’95, MPH, who took part in a panel, “Global Perspectives on Health” re: COVID19, #globalhealthequity, & health impacts of climate change Learn more: bit.ly/3pUXIEv University of Vermont

#UVMLarnerMed faculty, staff, med students & grad students - nominate a colleague for a Gender Equity in Medicine and Science Award. Nominations due by January 13 Info & submissions - bit.ly/3zsut0c UVM NeuroGradProgram CMB @ UVM Vermont Lung Center UVMLarnerMedDEI Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med

Today @ 5:30PM! Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Assoc Dir of Med Student Ed in Psych & Assist Prof of Psych Christine M. Crawford, MD, MPH presents UVMLarnerMedDEI's Rev Dr Martin Luther King #HealthEquity Lecture - "Impact of Racism and Trauma on Black Mental Health." go.uvm.edu/healthequityle…

"...routine use of race in the HPI can perpetuate racial biases & muddle both diagnoses & treatment," writes #UVMLarnerMed '21 alum Jonathan Gau, MD, first author of a paper recently published in Journal of Hospital Medicine - bit.ly/33PSuCq. (1/3) #MedStudentTwitter

Recently published Journal of Hospital Medicine “Things We Do for No Reason™: Routine Inclusion of Race in the History of Present Illness," explores the impact of racial descriptors in the HPI on patient care, diagnosis, & treatment. #TWDFNR #MedicalRacism AAMC Society of Hospital Medicine (2/3)

Thursday @ 4PM join University of Vermont Ctr for Cultural Pluralism @ UVM Alumni House for "Changing the Way We See Native America: Dismantling Native American Stereotypes," w/ Project 562 Founder #MatikaWilbur. #Project562 @uvmdei UVMLarnerMedDEI Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med UVM BORED UVM Professional & Continuing Education

In accompaniment to a workshop we delivered recently UVM Larner Med, we developed this "inclusive language glossary" tailored to the medical education learning environment, and are excited to share! med.uvm.edu/docs/inclusive…

Calling all #UVMLarnerMed faculty, staff, graduate students, and medical students - this includes you! Make sure you set aside 10 minutes to fill out this year's Climate Survey! UVMLarnerMedDEI Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med CMB @ UVM UVM NeuroGradProgram

Imagine if we had a healthcare system that honored every patient’s humanity and delivered equitable care to each and every person. Imagine if we had a healthcare system that intentionally focused on gaining historically marginalized communities’ trust.

Save the Date: March 3 @ 12PM #UVMLarnerMed Celebration of #GenderEquity in Medicine & Science w/ keynote "Shining a Light on #GenderEquality in the Health Sector" by Sarah Hawkes, PhD, UCL #PublicHealth prof. UVM Gender Equity UVMLarnerMedDEI Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med

Racism is the risk factor, not race! We should consider race in order to advance equity. For example, non-White race and Latinx ethnicity are social risk factors for severe COVID because of longstanding structural racism.

Join the UVM Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from March 28th to April 1st for The Inclusive Excellence Symposium (formerly Blackboard Jungle). A schedule for the Symposium can be found via the link below. uvm.edu/diversity/IES @uvmdei #uvmalumni

It's the last day to nominate a colleague, coworker, classmate, or mentor for a #UVMLarnerMed 2022 Professionalism Award. Nominate them now: go.uvm.edu/2022profession… UVMLarnerMedDEI Social Justice Coalition at UVM Larner Med UVM CVRI UVM Cancer Center Vermont Center on Behavior and Health (VCBH) UVMHeartBrain UVM NeuroGradProgram CMB @ UVM