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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We are excited to kick off Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to celebrate the achievements and remember the challenges of Asians and Pacific Islanders living in America and at Johns Hopkins. Visit the Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month events SharePoint site for a list of events happening around Johns Hopkins. We encourage you to download and use a virtual background throughout the month to show your support for Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Congratulations to the 2024 Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Achievers award winners. Read profiles of their work at Hopkins and/or in the community.
- Kelly Koay, MD, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
- Neesha Patel MBA, RRT, Howard County Medical Center
- Patty Satjapot, PhD, Office of the Dean and CEO/Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians
They will be recognized at the Asian & Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group signature event on May 16. Register to attend.
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Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women. Multiple factors contribute to these disparities, such as variation in quality healthcare, underlying chronic conditions, structural racism, and implicit bias. Social determinants of health prevent many people from racial and ethnic minority groups from having fair opportunities for economic, physical, and emotional health (Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality | Health Equity Features | CDC). In recognition of National Women’s Health Month, our office is partnering with Howard County Medical Center and Sibley Memorial Hospital to host two events addressing maternal health. Both hospitals will screen Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story and a panel discuss with patients and experts on maternal health disparities. There will be an opportunity to attend both in-person and virtually. The in-person option will allow only up to 50 participants, so spaces will fill up quickly. Light refreshments will be provided for in-person participants. Please click on the link below to register for the in-person and virtual events. Please note that due to copyright laws, we cannot record the event.
Howard County Maternal Health Event Register to attend virtually or in-person
Sibley Maternal Health Event Register to attend virtually or in-person
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This year the event will be on Monday, May 6, 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Armstrong Medical Education Building, Room 402 and via Zoom. This year’s presentation is titled “A Schindler's List Holocaust Survivor's Story in Her Own Words - A recorded speech by Halina Silber.” The video presentation from 2018 will be introduced by her daughter, Fran Silber Pruce, and her son, Dr. Harry Silber, a faculty member in cardiology.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Nursing Student Association, SOM Colleges Advisory Program, School of Medicine Office of Medical Student Affairs, School of Nursing Office of Student Affairs, School of Nursing Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity.
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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.