2022 Chair Diversity Investigator Awards
Applications are now open for the 2022 Department of Medicine Chair Diversity Investigator Awards
Background
As part of the inaugural Department of Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Week 2020, Bob Harrington, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine, announced the Diversity Chair Investigator Awards initiative.
The program supports research that addresses health inequity, social determinants of health, cultural competence, outcomes improvement, health system access/utilization for racial, ethnic and sexual and gender minorities, among many other possibilities. Ideas that are innovative and impactful and demonstrate a commitment to diversity, a benefit to individuals from underserved communities or populations, or the elimination of health care disparities are welcome.
Eligibility
The awards are open to Instructors and Assistant Professors (all lines), whose primary appointment is in the Department of Medicine. All applicants must be employed at Stanford for the duration of the award.
Award Details
Four awards will be granted, and each recipient will receive a total of $50,000 to be spent over two years. A detailed budget is not required, but the expectation is that funds will be expended in accordance with Stanford's business and financial policies. Also, please note that you should have $200,000 or less in other support to apply for this award.
Review Process
A review committee of senior Faculty will select the four winning proposals. The committee is interested in hearing about your personal journey to diversity/disparity work, including any salient points about you or your background that have influenced your goals and/or preparation for a career in medicine and research.
Applications
Applications are due June 30, 2022, with the award period to start September 1, 2022.
The application portal can be accessed here: https://domdiversityawards.stanford.edu/
Questions can be sent to Lisa Moore-Long, lmlong@stanford.edu, who is helping administer the program this year
Meet the 2021 Recipients
Shoa Clark, MD, PhD, instructor of medicine and pediatrics (cardiology)
Addressing racial disparities in the clinical assessment of polygenic risk for coronary artery disease
Maria Juarez-Reyes, MD, PhD, clinical assistant professor of medicine (primary care and population health)
Reducing health care disparities among Spanish speaking Latinx patients: A community based behavioral health intervention
Robert Huang, MD, instructor of medicine (gastroenterology and hepatology)
The NEIGHBORS Study: Understanding how community level immigrant diversity mediates the neighborhood physical and social environment to modify health behaviors
Andre Kumar, MD, MeD, clinical assistant professor of medicine (hospital medicine)
Investigating inequities in trainee evaluations for women and underrepresented minority physicians
Meet the 2020 Recipients
Shuchi Anand, MD, MS assistant professor of medicine (nephrology)
Kidney Disease in California’s Central Valley: Investigating the Disproportionate Risk in Agricultural Communities
Celina Yong, MD, MBA, MSc, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine)
Reducing Disparities in Novel Procedure Use: Using Scalable Technologies to Deliver Individualized Decision-making Support through Culturally Sensitive Peer Coaching
Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine)
Identifying Reasons for Statin Non-adherence in a Real-World, Diverse Population using Natural Language Processing
Kenji Taylor, MD, MSc, instructor of medicine (primary care and population health)
