The State of Anti-Black Racism in the United States
A Workshop
December 6 and 7, 2021
https://nasem.zoom.us/j/98941738178?pwd=QUVhK0M3ZW9iYWxpVEdUN2JxSlBadz09
Public Agenda
DAY ONE
DECEMBER 6, 2021 – 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM EST | Opening Remarks and Introductions |
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Marcia McNutt, Ph.D.
President, National Academy of Sciences
Lynne M. Holden, M.D., Co-chair of the Planning Committee
President, Mentoring in Medicine, Inc., Professor, Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Cedric Bright, M.D., FACP, Member of the Roundtable
Associate Dean for Admissions, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
SESSION I:
ANTI-RACISM PLANS IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE
| 10:00 – 11:30 AM | Understanding a range of approaches to doing antiracism in academic medicine |
| Moderator: | Camara Phyllis Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Co-chair of the Planning Committee, 2021–2022 UCSF Presidential Chair, University of California, San Francisco |
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| 11:30 – 11:45 AM | Short Break |
SESSION II:
SYSTEMIC ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN THE
FINANCING OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
| 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM | Recognizing the effects of historical and systemic anti-Black racism in the funding of medical education and realizing potential short- and long-term solutions |
| Moderator: | Marc Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A., Executive Vice President for Institutional Advance at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
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| 1:15 – 1:45 PM | Break for Lunch |
SESSION III:
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO
ADDRESS ANTI-BLACK RACISM
| 1:45 – 3:15 PM | Understanding the pervasiveness of bias in biomedical research, ways to advance diversity and equity to improve research outcomes, and how to empower physicians and scientists to become agents of change |
| Introduction: | George Daley, M.D., Ph.D., Dean of Faculty and Professor at Harvard Medical School |
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| Moderator: | Cora Marrett, Ph.D., Professor Emerita Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and former Acting Director and Deputy Director, NSF |
| 3:15 – 3:30 PM | Short Break |
SESSION IV:
THE IMPACTS OF ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN MENTORSHIP
| 3:30 – 5:00 PM | Exploring how anti-Black racism affects mentoring and advising relationships across career stages and the impacts it had on members of the panel |
| Moderator: | Joan Reede, M.D., M.P.H., Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School |
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| 5:00 PM | Day One Adjourned |
DAY TWO
DECEMBER 7, 2021 – 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
SESSION V:
ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND HOW IT AFFECTS K-GRAD
| 12:30 – 2:00 PM | Examining the obstacles to persistence in STEM for Black students at various educational levels |
| Moderator: | Lamont Terrell, Ph.D., Diversity and Inclusion Lead at GlaxoSmithKline |
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SESSION VI:
THE BATTLE OF THE PANDEMICS:
RACISM EXPOSED BY COVID
| 2:00 – 3:30 PM | Exploring the social determinants of health through five key topics: Neighborhood and Physical Environment, Health and Healthcare, Occupation and Job Conditions, Income and Wealth, Education |
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| 3:30 – 3:45 PM | Short Break |
SESSION VII:
ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF BLACK MEN AND BLACK WOMEN IN STEM
| 3:45 – 5:15 PM | Raising the awareness of how pervasive the effects of racism on mental health of Black men and Black women in STEM |
| Introduction & Moderator: | Vivian Pinn, M.D., Senior Scientist Emerita at the NIH Fogarty International Center |
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SESSION VIII:
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
| 5:15 – 5:30 PM | Closing Reflections |
| Keynote Speaker: | Camara Phyllis Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., 2021–2022 UCSF Presidential Chair, University of California, San Francisco |
| Final Thoughts: | Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Roundtable on Black Men and Black Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 5:30 PM | Day Two and Workshop Adjourns |