Diversity will secure our future
In my last post we were near the end of Women in Medicine month and now we are right in the middle of Latinx Heritage…
Views from the Chair
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Loss and resilience
Make no mistake, we have been facing a lot of hard days. Recent losses of faculty members, losses by department colleagues of parents, and even…
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Our publications reflect who we are
Recently, the Carver College of Medicine asked department chairs to nominate up to three publications from 2020 that demonstrate excellence in research for a “Best…
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Leveraging the collaboration in our DNA
Earlier this year I was fortunate to publish a Viewpoint in the Journal of Clinical Investigation about collaborative science. I believe that my own experiences…
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Appreciating our diversity, our strength
What an honor it is to write this week’s message to you. On Tuesday next week, the Department of Internal Medicine will return to a…
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Social determinants of health, burnout and self-care
If you attended or watched last week’s Grand Rounds given by Dr. Robert Wallace from the College of Public Health, you would have learned that…
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Momentum propels the new academic year
And then, in a rush, it’s July already. Welcome to the last half of calendar 2021, the new fiscal year, and a new academic year….
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Juneteenth and our commitment to equity and inclusion
Tomorrow is Juneteenth. Earlier this week, both houses of Congress voted by wide bipartisan margins to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Yesterday, President Biden signed…
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Celebrating the future and reflecting on the past
At the beginning of the year I mentioned that I would be watching numbers in The Loop, and not only has our Fully Vaccinated Employees…
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Leaders: Young, old and in-between
In reflecting on our journey during this last pandemic year, I have been gratified to see so many of our colleagues step into or expand their…