Neonatal Justice Collaborative
Promoting neonatal equity & justice through collaboration
February 2023
2023 - A year for equity
NJC has hit the ground running this year, continuing to virtually connect with our Neonatal Justice partners nationwide.
We held our general body meeting on January 17 on "Exploring different approaches of neonatal health equity leaders: QI, advocacy, research, and medical education." In addition to hearing why these leaders love their fields and what motivates them, these leaders shared some books, podcasts and papers that inspire them (linked below).
Our research subcommittee met on February 15 with Dr. Witt to discuss next steps for the work she conducted with Mia Malcom, Dr. Colson, and team. We had a robust discussion with various members of the neonatal community including parents, nurses, community partners, physicians, among others. We would love for you to join our next conversation!
We look forward to our Medical Education and Workforce Diversity subcommittee meeting on March 10. This will be the first session in their Mentorship Series and feature Dr. Lahia Yamane, Associate Professor, APD, and Assistant Dean of Diversity for GME at Stanford University. We hope this will be a great opportunity to learn from others in the community and grow together as we “move the needle” within health equity education and workforce diversity. Join their subcommittee to receive the Zoom link and join the discussion.
What Resource Inspires You?
Dr. Uche Anani
Med Ed / Workforce Diversity
Dr. Heather Burris
Research
Dr. Meg Parker
Quality Improvement
Dr. Valencia Walker
Policy / Advocacy
Committee Corner
Advocacy + Policy
This committee is led by Drs. Diana Montoya- Williams, Ololade Okito, Stephen Patrick, and Valencia Walker.
Given that many are new to the op-ed world, the policy and advocacy team is happy to help support you. Their last session looked at writing or mentoring a trainee to write regional or national op-eds for advocacy on important issues related to neonatal justice.
Get connected to their listserv with the interest button below.
Med Ed + Workforce Diversity
This committee is led by Drs. Uchenna Anani, Michelle Marie Pena, Laura Rubinos, and Elizabeth Bonachea.
Join their next meeting on 3/10/23 for their first Mentorship series talk. The goal of this lecture series is to provide a venue to discuss anything from works-in-progress to current programs, advocacy work, curricula, and scholarship focused on the shared mission of expanding health equity education, mentorship, and the promotion of workforce diversity within neonatal-perinatal medicine and pediatrics. If you have a project, program or works-in-progress within these areas that you would like to present, please reach out to our listserv (diversity@neojusticecollab.com) or our subcommittee leadership. We especially encourage any trainees to present and/or attend, so please reach out.
If you're interested in joining, indicate your interest via the button below.
Quality Improvement
This committee is led by Drs. Gaby Cordova Ramos, Nick Heitkamp, Roopali Bapat, Susan Hwang, and Animesh Sabnis.
Our newest subcommittee aims to facilitate education for NICUs on Equity Focused Quality Improvement (EFQI).
The new subcommittee has yet to host their first meeting. Make sure you're on the invite list by indicating your interest via the below.
Research
This committee is led by Drs. Alejandra Barrero-Castillero, Heather Burris, Ashwini Lakshmanan, and Henry Lee.
The subcommittee's last meeting 2/15/23 fostered a robust discussion on challenges with assessing measuring in our NICU settings but the absolute need to advance Neonatal Justice.
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Contact us at neonataljustice@gmail.com or @NeonatalJustice