AUCD - Plenary A: Moving from Diversity to Diversity Inclusion: A Model for Change
<< Back to ProgramMonday, November 18, 2013 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Location: Grand Ballroom North/Central Salon
Session Description
Dr. Reede's lecture will review the historical and current status of diversity in health and allied health fields while describing the context for social change, and the importance of communication. She will also offer a framework for organizational change.
Attendees will learn:
- Review historical and current status of diversity in health and allied health fields
- Describe the context for social change and the importance of communication
- Offer a framework for organizational change
Featured Presenter(s)
Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS, MBA; Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership and an Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Reede is the Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Reede also holds appointments as Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health, and is an Assistant in Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Reede is responsible for the development and management of a comprehensive program that provides leadership, guidance, and support to promote the increased recruitment, retention, and advancement of underrepresented minority, women, LGBT, and faculty with disabilities at Harvard Medical School as they relate to faculty, trainees, students, and staff. Dr. Reede also serves as the director of the Minority Faculty Development Program, and faculty director of Community Outreach Programs at Harvard Medical School, Program Director of the Faculty Diversity Program of the Harvard Catalyst/The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, and Director of the HMS Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Dr. Reede is acknowledged as an authority in the area of workforce development and diversity. She has served on a number of boards and committees and has received numerous awards her leadership and academic work. She has created and developed more than 20 programs at HMS.
Dr. Reede graduated from Brown University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and a fellowship in child psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston. She holds an MPH and an MS in Health Policy and Management from Harvard School of Public Health, and an MBA from Boston University.