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
The JHM Equity Statement reflects our effort to create a safe work and learning environment where we embody respect and collegiality for our colleagues, patients and community. View the Equity Statement video
Announcements from the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) Pride Month. Join the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity as we recognize LGBTQ+ history, accomplishments and progress in our Johns Hopkins Medicine family and in the communities we serve. While the roots of Pride Month trace back to the June 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City, the fight for equity and the right to live and love with dignity and without fear of harassment goes back to 1924 and the Society for Human Rights. The activism for equality that began so many years ago continues to inspire us today and calls for support of the LGBTQ+ community.
Pride events in Annapolis and Rockville, Maryland, were held earlier this month. We encourage you to join colleagues and the community at an upcoming Pride event near you.
- St. Pete Pride Family Day: Saturday, June 8
- Capital Pride (Washington, D.C.): Sunday, June 9
- Baltimore Pride: Sunday, June 16(Parade: Saturday, June 15)
- Baltimore Trans Pride: Saturday, June 29
We are pleased to share news about the amazing work that LGBTQ+ colleagues are doing, including this year’s Pride Month Achievers Award winners. To learn more, read the Johns Hopkins Medicine LGBTQ+ Pride heritage guide, and visit the Johns Hopkins Medicine LGBTQ+ resources and Johns Hopkins University gender and sexuality resources websites.
We encourage you to attend the following signature event hosted by the Johns Hopkins Medicine LGBTQ+: LGBTQ+ Pride Month Signature Event (co-sponsored with Johns Hopkins Diaspora ERG and Allies), June 11, 5–7:30 p.m., Hurd Hall, The Johns Hopkins Hospital. View a screening of Rustin, a documentary about Bayard Rustin, the Black gay civil rights pioneer who organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Register here.
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During Caribbean American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions Caribbean people have made to every aspect of U.S. history and culture, from sports and entertainment to health care and education. The Johns Hopkins Caribbean Collaborative Network Employee Resource Group (ERG) and Allies was formed in September 2023 to support the Caribbean community at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
We encourage you to attend the following signature event hosted by the Johns Hopkins Medicine Caribbean ERGs (in-person and virtual): Caribbean American Heritage Month Signature Event, June 20, noon–2 p.m., Chevy Chase Auditorium, The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hear about the career journeys of several Caribbean leaders at JHM. Register here
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The JHM Office of Diversity Inclusion and Health Equity is hosting the Annual CARES Symposium on Thursday, July 25, 2024 from 9:00am-2:30pm in the Turner Auditorium and virtually via Zoom Events.
We are inviting the Hopkins community to serve as Speakers, Moderators, and Volunteers to help coordinate the day of the summit. If you would like to participate in this initiative, please complete this form: 2024 CARES Symposium Participation Sign-Up
The C.A.R.E.S Symposium provides opportunities for students who participated in a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine pathway program to share their summer research presentations to the Hopkins community, faculty, recruits from local colleges and universities, and network with high-achieving undergraduates.
The audience will be about 300 people, made up of Hopkins faculty, high school students, undergraduate students, and community partners. This year's theme is "Unlocking the Potential Within: Empowering Every Voice for Impactful Change".For more information on CARES: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/pathway/hopkins-cares .
Questions? Email [email protected].
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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.