Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion

We are an educational institution that values diversity of thought and experience. We are eager to welcome all who wish to join us in this pursuit. We recognize that those students who have persevered despite economic and other challenges have a wealth of transferrable skills that are invaluable to the health care profession.

We believe it is a global imperative to educate future physicians who not only treat the communities they serve, but also reflect them. We are committed to having our future physician workforce overcome the painful history of racism and discrimination in medicine.

To these ends, we aspire to be a teaching and learning community that celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe that excellence in medical education thrives in a holistic environment of innovative and collaborative thinking. This calling is best achieved together.

State of the School Address: Disabusing Disability

Past State of the School Address speakers:

• August 12, 2019: Vivian Pinn, MD, Senior Scientist Emerita, Fogarty International Center, NIH, Former Director (Retired), Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH
• August 13, 2018: Aba Osseo-Asare, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine
• August 14, 2017: David Acosta, MD Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges