Faculty and staff from the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences have shared their expertise in this area within and beyond the Duke campus, from presenting webinars to penning op-eds to engaging in a range of research and other activities. Below are some highlights of their work.
What Are the Data Really Telling Us About Systemic Racism?
In a recent opinion piece in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, reflects on a study in the same journal issue of a cross-sectional cognitive assessment of older incarcerated adults.
A Plan for Change
Annise Weaver, MSEd, CRC, is one of the founders of the newly-established ME² Black Employee Resource Group. Read about this group and other initiatives related to the School of Medicine's new strategic plan for addressing systemic racism.
Kafui Dzirasa Co-Authors Commentary on Diversifying the Scientific Workforce
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, and several colleagues from other universities published a commentary on April 9 in Science, "Concrete Steps to Diversify the Scientific Workforce."
Dane Whicker Is among New CTSI Equity in Research Core Leaders
The Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute launched a new Equity in Research core in July 2020 that aims to elevate, advance, and accelerate equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist research. Medical instructor Dane Whicker, PhD, is co-director of the core.
Three Faculty Receive Departmental Pilot Grants
Please join us in congratulating Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty members Ernestine Briggs-King, PhD, Jeremy Grove, PhD, and Sarah Wilson, PhD, on receiving departmental grants to support underrepresented minority faculty members and/or health inequities research!
For Dr. James Carter, Sr., Serving the Underserved Was a Calling
In 1983, James Carter, Sr., MD, became the first Black full professor of psychiatry in the Duke University Department of Psychiatry, but his achievements and legacy stretch far beyond the Duke campus and health system. This Black History Month, we celebrate his legacy.
Video and Q&A with Patrice Harris, MD: Psychiatrist, Advocate & Leader
Patrice Harris, MD, MA, FAPA, a psychiatrist who served as the first African American woman president of the American Medical Association in 2019-2020, was inspired as a child to pursue medicine.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series: Race & Language
In February and March, the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences will be hosting a three-event Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series focused on race and language.
Is child mental health research structurally racist?
The past year has accelerated global discourse on the role played by institutional and societal factors in perpetuating inequities between racial and ethnic groups across all aspects of life.
It is not enough to say we are anti-racist. We must address glaring disparities in treatment.
In a recent op-ed on KevinMD.com, Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, discusses the need to eradicate racial disparities in patient care and outcomes.