Co-Chairs

• Lawrence Chin, MD, Dean, College of Medicine
• Sipho Mbuqe, PhD Chief Diversity Officer

Members

• Ann Botash, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development
• Nakeia Chambers, Director of Multicultural, Disability, and Veteran's Affairs
• Steven Contreras, Director of Student Retention
• Katherine Daley, Coordinator of Disability
• Neal Eckrich, MHA, Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs at Binghamton Clinical Campus
• Sharon Huard, Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Campus Life
• Danielle Katz, MD, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
• Katherine King, JD, Institutional Equity Officer
• Leann Lesperance, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
• Lisa Phelan, Interim Director of Accreditation Compliance
• Anindita Rajasekaran, MS3
• Kathryn Stuenzi, Project Manager, Dean's Office
• MaryGrace VanNortwick, Chief of Staff, Dean’s Office
• Jennifer Welch, Chief Enrollment Management Officer
• Michael Williams, MD, Pathology, Resident
• Julie White, PhD, Vice President for Educational Services and Dean of Student Affairs

Diversity Advocates

• Vacant, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
• Alaji Bah, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Liz Bowen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Bioethics & Humanities
• Sherrie Lafrance-Hale, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
• Samantha Jones, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
• Edgardo Arrazola, MD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
• Vikrant Tambe, MBBCH, Assistant Professor of Geriatric Medicine
• J Oliva Tsistinas, Associate Librarian, Health Sciences Library
• Nitch Jones, Department of Medicine
• Rebecca Greenblatt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
• Nicole Brescia, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
• Mariano Viapiano, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
• Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
• Brian Thompson, MD, Assistant Professor of OBGYN
• Robert Fechtner, MD, Professor & Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
• Diedre Boozer, Business Manager of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
• Daryll Dykes, MD, PhD, JD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
• Maria Iannolo, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
• Adetokunbo Obayemi, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
• Alexandria Smith-Hannah, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology
• Olamide Ajagbe, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
• Karen Teelin, MD, MSEd Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• Nienke Dosa, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics
• Richard Wojcikiewicz, PhD, Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
• Claudine Ward, MD, Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Sipho Mbuqe, PhD, Senior Counselor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Jessica Costosa-Umina, PhD, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Rebecca Garden, PhD, Public Health and Preventative Medicine
• Michael Lacombe, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
• Linda Schicker, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
• David Feiglin, MD, Professor of Radiology
• Roseanna Guzman-Curtis, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery
• Natasha Ginzburg, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology

Charge:

The Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion is charged with advancing diversity in the College of Medicine.  Specifically, the committee will:

• Periodically review the Diversity and Inclusion Policy, including identification of mission-appropriate diversity categories for medical students, faculty and senior administrative staff.
• Ensure the school has effective policies and practices in place, and engages in ongoing, systematic, and focused recruitment and retention activities to achieve mission-appropriate diversity outcomes among students, faculty, senior administrative staff, and other relevant members of its academic community.
• Review strategies, programs and outcomes related to recruitment and retention of medical students, faculty, and senior administrative leadership from COM-defined diversity categories.
• Review activities related to the administration and delivery of programs (e.g. pipeline programs) aimed at developing a diverse pool of medical school applicants, both locally and nationally.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness (including outcome data) of pipeline programs and of other programs to support school-defined diversity among students, faculty, and senior administrative staff.
• Conduct an annual review of the progress of departmental diversity and inclusion action plans.
• Prepare an annual report to be shared with university leadership, faculty, and students.
• Align the work of the committee and College of Medicine efforts in advancing diversity with the university-wide Strategic Plan for Diversity.

Dean's Policy on Diversity & Inclusion in the College of Medicine

College of Medicine Diversity & Inclusion Plan

Meeting Minutes

3 pm in Doust Boardroom