Henrietta Lacks Healthy Equity Case Competition was hosted by the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Teams of 3-5 students across disciplines and universities will came together to source innovative solutions to address pervasive health disparities in areas such as health coverage, chronic health conditions, mental health, and mortality in underserved populations. Teams had the opportunity to present their ideas to experts in the field, form new connections with their peers, and engage with industry leaders. BPH and Haas partnered to support five students from Berkeley Haas, BPH, and Goldman School of Public Policy (Nikhita Chawla,Taylor McDonald, Lamisa Mustafa, Nicky Zarchen, and Ray Zhong) to attend this case competition. You may view their Rooted in Resilience: Building Community Capacity at the Intersection of Mental and Environmental Health.

Dr. Lauren Goldstein and many members of BPH worked closely to submit a application for the National Institute of Health DEIA Prize Award - submitted September 2023. Although we were not selected as a receipent of this prize, it was truly eye opening and inspiring to see how our work has shaped our environment in support of faculty and students. Thank you, Dr. Lauren Goldstein, for encouraging us to apply and assisting with the application!

Proposals for poster presentations at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE) were accepted and presented during the week of May 28 - June 1, 2024:

• •  Dr. Tracy Lam-Hine for the PH 290C - Reimagining Leadership through BIPOC Experiences
    
    

  • Gabriel Garcia for the Blue Shield of California Fellowship program| titled Pathway Fellowships: Using a Cohort Model to Drive Graduate School and Workforce Diversity Pipelines

Che Abram submitted a proposal to the Society for Applied Anthropology and presented in March 2024| titled A Cultural Evolution is Occurring Within Academic Equity and Inclusion Work: The Personal Narrative of a Chief Diversity Officer - Academic institutions are shifting away from metrics centered diversity plans to thriving initiatives designed to bolster resilience. This has emerged out of communities of color demanding institutional accountability for social-emotional harms experienced on campuses. The responsibility to mitigate these harms lies within the role of the chief diversity officer. Amid this juncture, it is important to look to proponents of trauma informed practices, adverse childhood experiences, and transformative justice to center healing as a core pillar of equity and inclusion work. The purpose of this work is to illuminate the impact of these changes through one chief diversity officer’s lens.