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Four 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

Articles to read

• Power in Our Hands: Addressing Racism in the Workplace Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc, UNC Lineberger Equity Council Executive Core member
• Structural Solutions for the Rarest of the Rare – Underrepresented-Minority Faculty in Medical Subspecialties Kemi M. Doll, MD & Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD
• Anti-Black racism and behavioral medicine: confronting the past to envision the future Jessica Y Breland, Michael V Stanton
• 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
• 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 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