Main ContentScholarly Activity and Presentations
Scholarly activity and presentations by the UMMC Office of Diversity and Inclusion team include:
“The Moral Imperative: Championing Ethical Issues in Health Care: A Panel Discussion"
- Event: ASB Interprofessional Seminar
- Sponsoring entity: Associated Student Body (ASB) Interprofessional Committee
- When: April 30, 2019. UMMC SM-122
- Presenters: TBD (Rashanda R. Booker, PhD, Director, Institutional Equity and Partnerships, will serve as a panelist)
"Health Treatments that are Unique to You"
- Event: Tech Jxn
- Sponsoring entity: City of Jackson
- When: April 17, 2019. Jackson, MS
- Presenter: Rashanda R. Booker, PhD, will represent UMMC in a panel discussion
“Equity: More than a Social Responsibility”
- Event: Greater Southeast Health Equity Committee and HBCU Scholars
- Sponsoring entity: American Heart Association (AHA)
- When: April 11, 2019. Jackson, MS
- Presenter: Juanyce Taylor, PhD, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
"Diversity and Sensitivity in the Workplace"
- Event: Training
- Sponsoring entity: UMMC Grenada
- When: April 11, 2019. Grenada, MS
- Presenter: Shirley Pandolfi, Cultural Competency and Education Manager
“No Longer ‘Waiting to Exhale’: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome & Battle Fatigue”
- Event: AAMC GBA/GDI/GIP 2019 Joint Spring Meeting “Institutional Excellence through Collaboration”
- Sponsoring entity: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- When: April 9-12, 2019. Chicago, IL
- Table Top Discussant Leader: Rashanda R. Booker, PhD, Director, Institutional Equity and Partnerships
“Measuring and Reporting Inclusive Excellence at UMMC” poster presentation
- Event: AAMC GBA/GDI/GIP 2019 Joint Spring Meeting “Institutional Excellence through Collaboration”
- Sponsoring entity: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- When: April 9-12, 2019. Chicago, IL
- Presenters: Mandy Scott, Director of Diversity Assessment and Programs, and Juanyce Taylor, PhD, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
"Gender Equity in Health Care"
- Event: UMMC lecture
- Sponsoring entities: Associated Student Body (ASB), Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS), Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- When: April 4, CW-106
- Presenter: Juanyce Taylor, PhD, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
“Unconscious Bias in Health Care” and “Micro-aggressions in Clinical/Learning Environments” presentations
- Event: University of Mississippi (UM) School of Pharmacy 2019 Preceptor Conference
- Sponsoring entity: University of Mississippi (UM) School of Pharmacy
- When: March 20, 2019. The Barn at Bridlewood, Madison, MS
- Presenters: Juanyce Taylor, PhD, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer; and Rashanda R. Booker, PhD, Director, Institutional Equity and Partnerships
“No Longer ‘Waiting to Exhale’: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome & Battle Fatigue”
- Event: Lecture Senior Nursing Management Students (N449)
- Sponsoring entity: UMMC School of Nursing
- When: Feb. 20, 2019. UMMC SON A102
- Presenter: Rashanda R. Booker, PhD, Director, Institutional Equity and Partnerships
"Race and Ethnicity in Health Care"
- Event: M1 Lecture, School of Medicine
- Sponsoring entity: School of Medicine
- When: Feb. 19, 2019. SM-122
- Presenter: Shirley Pandolfi, Cultural Competency and Education Manager
“No Longer ‘Waiting to Exhale’: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome & Battle Fatigue”
- Event: InclUsive Conversations (Monthly series)
- Sponsoring entity: UMMC Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- When: Jan. 9, 2019. UMMC Classroom Wing
- Presenter: Rashanda R. Booker, PhD, Director, Institutional Equity and Partnerships