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 JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity 2025 Multicultural Calendar is now available. Hard copies can be found in the magazine racks around the entities and Human Resources offices. Visit the Cultural Materials Resources page for more information about Heritage months and cultural observances.
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At Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), we are proud to celebrate the diversity that strengthens us. It helps us push the boundaries of discovery, transform health care, advance medical education and create hope for humanity. As we kick off February, we recognize National Black History Month, and the contributions of our Black and African American faculty and staff members, students and trainees, patients and community partners.
To learn more about the contributions of Black and African American people to our Johns Hopkins community, visit the Indispensable Role of Blacks online exhibit, created by the Johns Hopkins University Faculty and Staff Association. View the National Black History Month events happening throughout Johns Hopkins Medicine this month, download a virtual background, and join us in celebrating our local and national diversity.
We would also like to congratulate this year’s JHM Black History Month Achievers Award winners:
- Larry Barnwell, operations specialist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Chelai Green, R.N., operations director, Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
- Raquel Johnson, mental health therapist, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Francine McLeod, M.D., associate residency program director, gynecology and obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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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.