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Five things everyone can do to improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UNC Lineberger

This list is adapted from the UNC Lineberger Scientific Retreat held December 7, 2020.

1. Provide support, infrastructures and awareness for researchers to apply to diversity supplements and F31s.
2. Offer implicit bias training.
3. Provide mentorship at all levels.
4. Promote ally behaviors and an inclusive lab.
5. Discussions with your lab or research team: How will you recruit more diverse students, staff and faculty?

Articles to read

• Power in Our Hands: Addressing Racism in the Workplace Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, UNC Lineberger Equity Council Executive Core member
• This, Too, Is What Racism Feels Like Brooke A. Cunningham, MD, PHD
• Black Lives Matter: Racism and Public Health Jennifer Jee-Lyn García, PhD, and Mienah Zulfacar Sharif, MPH
• Structural Solutions for the Rarest of the Rare- Underrepresented-Minority Faculty in Medical Subspecialties Kemi M. Doll, MD & Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD
• This is What I Want to Tell My White Professors When They Ask, ‘How Are You Today?’ LaShyra “Lash” Nolen
• What is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality Nikole Hannah-Jones
• Anti-Black racism and behavioral medicine: confronting the past to envision the future Jessica Y Breland, Michael V Stanton
• Reigniting Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to action: the role of the behavioral scientist in the movement for social justice and racial equity Nicole Farmer, Talya Gordon, Kimberly R Middleton, Alyssa T Brooks, Gwenyth R Wallen
• STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE MENTORSHIP OF BIPOC STUDENTS The Health Behavior Equity Task Force
• CLOSING GAPS IN CANCER SCREENING: Connecting People, Communities, and Systems to Improve Equity and Access A report from the President’s cancer panel to the President of the United States
• Health Affairs: Vol 41 No2: In this theme issue, a number of articles orient the reader to the complex relationship between racism and health.
• Delaware is shrinking racial gaps in cancer death. Its secret? Patient navigators. Yuki Noguchi, NPR

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts across UNC

• Community and Stakeholder Engagement (CaSE) Program, NC TraCS – Racial Equity Resources (webinars, blogs, trainings, podcasts, and resources local to UNC-Chapel Hill)
• The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion
• UNC School of Medicine – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• UNC School of Nursing – Diversity & Inclusiveness
• UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health – Inclusive Excellence
• UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy – Diversity and Inclusion
• UNC Health – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Stay connected

Also consider following UNC’s efforts on social media:

@UNCDiversity – The University Office for Diversity and Inclusion on Twitter