These resources are intended to help groups and individuals across campus learn more about matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Policies and statements
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Bias Policies (Washington University)
- Commitment to Anti-Racism Statement (Washington University School of Medicine Leadership)
- Diversity Statement (Washington University School of Medicine)
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy (WashU HR)
- LGBTQ+ Health at Washington University – Patient rights, patient guides, provider directory
- Students with Disabilities Policy (Washington University School of Medicine)
Reports and data
- Diversity Engagement Survey: Summary and Findings (Washington University)
- Diversity in Medicine: Facts and figures in U.S. medical education and physician workforce (AAMC)
- Pre-Faculty Development of Diverse Trainees (PDF) – 2020 BNGAP report on promising and best practices
Campus spaces
- ADA accommodation process (WashU HR)
- Gender neutral restrooms map (PDF)
- Lactation rooms
- “WE WELCOME” posters – Washington University School of Medicine signs you can print or post to your website to affirm that all are welcome here
Education and development
- Guides and resources
- Being an ally (The Anti-Oppression Network)
- Communicating across cultures
- Facilitating group discussion (PDF)
- Glossary of bias terms (WashU Center for Diversity and Inclusion)
- Implicit Bias Test (Project Implicit / Harvard University)
- Inclusivity Style Guide (American Chemical Society)
- Respecting ethnic names – A guide by Anparasan Sivakumaran
- Six techniques for speaking up (PDF)
- Unconscious bias in academic medicine – Video interview with Howard Ross
- Training and education programs
- Anesthesiology Summer Research Fellowship (ASSURE) – Provides underrepresented minority college students from the St. Louis area opportunities to engage in basic, clinical, and/or translational research projects
- Equity Champions program – WUSM ODEI program for staff and faculty to help facilitate implementation of the Understanding Systemic Racism curriculum
- Mentoring: For faculty – Add mentoring to your Research Profile
- Residents and Fellows Diversity Initiative (RFDI) – A program of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation
- Recordings of events hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Training classes offered by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Anti-racism resources
- Talking About Race – Online resource hub by National Museum of African American History and Culture
- “The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List” by Brea Baker via Parade
- “Finding Well-Being and Black Joy When the World Is on Fire” by Erica Chidi via Vogue
- Black Lives Matter Syllabus – Online resource hub with news, educational tools, and guidance for action
- Dirty Diversity – Podcast hosted by Janice Z. Gassam on all things diversity, equity, and inclusion in and out of the workplace
- Missouri Black Protester Relief Fund
- “26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets” via Disability Visibility Project
- WUSM Equity Champions program – ODEI program for staff and faculty to help facilitate implementation of the Understanding Systemic Racism curriculum
Anti-racism books
Several of the books listed below are available on campus in Becker Library:
See the anti-racism collection at Becker Library »
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
- Colorblind Racism, Meghan Burke
- How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
- Racist America: Roots, Current Realities and Future Reparations, Joe R. Feagin and Kimberley Ducey
- White Fragility, Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo
- Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It , Second Edition, Shelly Tochluk
- The Anti-Racist Reading List – Features Black authors
Recruitment and hiring
- Diversity Advisors for Faculty Hiring Committees
- NIH Diversity Supplemental Grants
- Unconscious bias videos: What to do about it in the search and recruitment process (AAMC)
Networking
- APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) Staff & Faculty Affinity Group (WashU) – Provides APIDA staff and faculty with opportunities to interact, strengthen professional connections, and build support networks through outreach with the local APIDA community
- Hispanic – Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)
- Student Doctor Network – Forum for students and doctors underrepresented in health care
- OUTmed (WashU Med) – Organization for LGBTQIA-identified faculty, residents, fellows and staff at Washington University School of Medicine
- White Coats Black Doctors – Nonprofit whose purpose is to increase diversity in medical professions by supporting the future development of Black physicians
Professional organizations
- AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion
- American Medical Women’s Association
- Asian-Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
- Association of Black Women Physicians
- The Society of Black Academic Surgeons
- American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Association of American Indian Physicians
- Indian Health Service
- National Medical Association
- Association of Native American Medical Students
- Latino Medical Student Association
- The Student National Medical Association
- National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
- Pacific Medical Students’ Association
Colleges and universities serving populations underrepresented in medicine
- Institutions enrolling populations with significant percentages of undergraduate minority students (U.S. Department of Education)
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs):