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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¡Bienvenidos al mes de la herencia hispana! Welcome to Hispanic Heritage Month!
The Johns Hopkins Medicine community is proud to join in this celebration from September 15 through October 15 to honor and recognize our Hispanic/Latino faculty and staff members, students and trainees, patients and community partners. View the schedule of events happening throughout the organization over the next month.
Visit the Hopkins Familia ERG & Allies SharePoint site, Teams page, closed Facebook page, or subscribe to the Hopkins Familia ERG & Allies listservs:
- Hopkins Familia ERG & Allies
- All Children’s Hospital ERG & Allies
- Sibley Memorial Hospital ERG & Allies
- Suburban Hospital ERG & Allies
A huge congratulations to this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month Achievers Award winners:
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Jasmine Reese, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Director of Adolescent and Young Adult Specialty Clinic
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Dominick Rosado, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Service Technician
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Andrea Silvas, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Resident
We are proud of their achievements and commend them for demonstrating pride in their culture through their words and deeds. Read more about the winners. They will be recognized at the Hopkins Familia ERG signature event on Sept. 20. Register in advance.
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The Achievers Award Program recognizes and highlights members of underrepresented minorities across Johns Hopkins Medicine who exemplify excellence and exhibit Johns Hopkins Medicine core values.
Nominate a deserving colleague for an Achievers Award in honor of Veterans Day (November 11). The nomination deadline is September 27.
Nominate a deserving colleague for an Achievers Award in honor of Native American Heritage Month (November). The nomination deadline is September 27.
Award recipients will be profiled on the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity website, on JHM Link and at a signature employee resource group event.
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We need volunteers for the Johns Hopkins Medicine information booth at Howard County Pride, on Sunday, October 13. Volunteers are needed to help set up/break down booth and pass out information leaflets and giveaways to event attendees that stop by. Sign Up Here.
IMPORTANT: Only Johns Hopkins employee should sign up for volunteer slots. While you're welcome to bring family members, they should not be indicated on the volunteer sign-up form. Additionally, you're welcome to stay and help as long as you like, however, only sign up for one (1) 2-hour slot and not multiple slots. This is important because if you have to cancel for whatever reason, we will still have adequate volunteer coverage.
Event Location: Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods in Columbia, MD
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Join the JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity, in collaboration with the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, Brancati Center and the Johns Hopkins Government, Community and Economic Partnerships (GCE) for a community health fair on Wednesday, September 25th at 9am to 2pm at the Pleasant View Gardens community room (201 N. Aisquith Street, Baltimore, MD 21202)
Attendees and access the following free medical resources: A1c and blood pressure screening, vaccines (RSV, Flu and Covid), Dental care, eye care, smoking cessation, Narcan administration training, pediatrics asthma care, nutrition/exercise, smoking/vaping, cancer, and cancer risk reduction. We are also offering the following resources: Hopkins job resources (JHHS and JHU), job prep, expungement, voter registration, medical insurance and much more.
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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.
