Background
Dr. Marquita Genies is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical area of expertise is in pediatric hospital medicine.
Dr. Genies holds the role of Associate Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Pediatrics. Additionally, she serves as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Postdoctoral Affairs Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Genies is dedicated to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the healthcare setting. She possesses extensive experience recruiting, retaining, and advancing underrepresented in medicine (UIM) trainees, having served in numerous local and national leadership positions. Nationally, she has worked with UIM trainees pursuing careers in academic medicine as a faculty member with the Academic Pediatric Association New Century Scholars Resident Mentoring Program.
She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology at Spelman College. Subsequently, she attended medical school at The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and received a Masters of Public Health from The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She completed her residency in pediatrics at The University of North Carolina and a General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship at Johns Hopkins.
Since joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Genies has emerged as a leader in medical education. Her primary focus involves addressing healthcare disparities through the development and implementation of bias mitigation and anti-racism curricula, and increasing racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the physician workforce. Dr. Genies has received numerous awards recognizing her contributions as researcher, teacher and educational innovator. In 2020 she received the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine Jennifer Daru Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Journal of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. In 2021, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors honored her anti-racism curriculum with a Spotlight on Education award, Dr. Genies' anti-racism curriculum with a Spotlight in Education honor. Additionally, Dr. Genies was the recipient of the Picker Gold Graduate Medical Education Challenge Grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to develop a culturally competent curriculum to address vaccine hesitancy among historically marginalized communities.
Patient Ratings & Comments
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