Dr. Maia Hightower has joined our team!
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA, has joined our team as the Senior Director for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.... Read More
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Indigenous Students in Higher Education: Developing a Praxis of Survivance
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WiHMS and OHEDI Statement on Anti-Asian Hate
That's Not My Name
The Office for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (OHEDI) is a department of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Our mission is to create an inclusive climate while also addressing health and education inequities within the University of Utah Health (UUH).
An inclusive climate is vital to the intellectual rigor, commitment to excellence, and the social fabric of the University; preparing faculty, staff, students, and trainees with evidence-based skills necessary to provide high-quality and high-value care in a world defined by cultural and intellectual diversity.
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Select...Happy New Year!
2020 was a horrifying year. COVID-19 took over 300,000 Americans and people of color are disproportionately represented among them. Systemic anti-Black racism and violence also claimed the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. We will say their names, remember them, and demand change from the power structures that allow their murders to go unpunished. We will also not forget that 2021, although it is a new year, has not brought a slowdown of the virus, nor has it changed the pervasive anti-Black racism that affects our nation so profoundly.... Read More
Select...Reflections from 2020 AAMC Annual Meeting
Dr. Rodríguez shared his experience at the 2020 AAMC Annual Meeting on Good Notes!... Read More
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The Associate Vice President Office of Health, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion has a newly-created position for a Senior Director that will work in close coordination with other departments and assist the leadership of UUHA with diversity and anti-racism efforts to help guide the achievement of a new standard for inclusive excellence.... Read More
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That’s Not My Name
Names are more than just words.... Read More
Select...Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
José E. Rodríguez
MD, FAAFP
