Welcome to the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity. Together, we seek to further our mission to cultivate all perspectives, understand each patient, collaborate with our community and create health equity.
Our Mission
To provide content expertise and programmatic support to institutional leadership and to recruit, promote, retain, and engage those underrepresented in medicine, science, nursing, and healthcare administration so that we can achieve health equity for the most vulnerable populations.
Our Vision
We envision a Johns Hopkins Medicine where diversity, equity, and inclusion are in our DNA, and where together we commit to:
- Embracing and celebrating our differences
- Educating and developing our staff and learners
- Engaging in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices
JHM Equity Statement
Announcements from the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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The Achievers Award Program recognizes and highlights underrepresented minorities across Johns Hopkins Medicine who exemplify excellence and exhibit our Johns Hopkins Medicine core values.
Nominate a deserving colleague for an Achievers Award in honor of Black History Month (February). The deadline to submit nominations is January 3, 2025.
Award recipients will be profiled on the Johns Hopkins Medicine, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity website, in the Black History Month announcement and at the signature Hopkins Diaspora Employee Resource Group event in February.
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To the Johns Hopkins Medicine community
Dear Colleagues,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to advancing social justice, championing civil rights, and advocating for a cause greater than himself. More than 40 years ago, Dr. Levi Watkins Jr.—a pioneering cardiac surgeon and civil rights activist—began an annual tradition to honor Dr. King’s life and legacy. Today, we proudly continue that tradition.
You’re invited to the 43rd Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at Johns Hopkins, a celebration of his enduring impact and those who continue to uphold his vision. The event will take place on Friday, January 17, noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Chevy Chase Auditorium on the East Baltimore campus.
The event will feature remarks by Theodore L. DeWeese, dean of the medical faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Kevin W. Sowers, president of the Johns Hopkins Health System and executive vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
The keynote speaker will be David Thomas, Ph.D., president of Morehouse College and noted academic and expert in organizational management and higher education leadership. He will speak to the event’s theme, The Dynamic Power of Hope, in the spirit of Dr. King’s unwavering optimism for a more just world.
The commemoration will feature recognition of nine people who received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Community Service for their volunteerism:
- Adegboyega Abdulkadir, Clinical Associate, Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
- Sheila Castle, Clinical Supervisor, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
- Sophia Corrigan, Physician Assistant, General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
- Elhadji Gueye, Student Intern, Care Coordination Team
- Tyson McDuffy, Inventory Planner, Johns Hopkins Health System
- Cynthia Major Lewis, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
- Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Assistant Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing
- Pratya Poosala, Graduate Student, Bloomberg School of Public Health
- John Sampson, Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
We will also announce the winner of the Levi Watkins Jr. Ideals Award. The Singing Sensations Youth Choir and Johns Hopkins’ Unified Voices choir will perform. Light refreshments will be available. Click this link to register for in-person or online viewing. Visit the commemoration's website for more information.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's celebration.
Sincerely,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee
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The purpose of our annual reports is to summarize in one location the progress on the diversity, inclusion, and health equity strategic plan each year. It also provides a resources for us to communicate our accomplishments to our internal and external community.
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At Johns Hopkins Medicine, inclusive and equitable access to medical care and health information is a core value of our institution. Our care teams are working with community partners to give vaccines to our most vulnerable eligible residents, to provide access to COVID-19 testing, and to educate and inform our communities hardest hit by this pandemic
- Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Resources
- Video: COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Playlist on YouTube
- Video People of Color and COVID-19: Addressing Health Disparities and Vaccine Equity
- Center for American Indian Health: COVID-19 Resources for Native American Communities
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To achieve JHM's mission, we must create a culture where diversity and inclusion are in our DNA. We must embrace and celebrate our differences; recruit, educate and develop our staff and learners; and engage in equitable health care delivery and workforce practices. The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity has created a comprehensive Strategic Plan that will help our organization further support the well-being of our people and communities, push the boundaries of science and education, aim for precision in everything we do and improve the quality and affordability of health care.
View this introductory video for our 2023 Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Strategic Plan
View a video overview of the Diversity and Inclusion - Innovation Roadmap 2023 Strategic Plan
2023 MLK Day of Service
On January 20, 2023, JHM resumed our annual MLK Day of Service with roughly 235 Hopkins members volunteer at 17 local charities. Our appreciation to those who took the time to support these organizations. Learn more about the organizations we partnered with this year and view pictures of volunteers at work. Please continue to support these organizations' efforts in the community. #HopkinsBetterTogether
Managing Crucial Conversations
These sessions were held for managers and leadership to offer strategies on how to manage emotionally charged conversations resulting from the 2020 social unrest, racial dialogues and election. This is a recording of one of the sessions as well as a compilation of Q&A from the three sessions.
