Center of Excellence in Diversity in Medical Education–  
About COE

The Center of Excellence in Diversity in Medical Education (COE) was established in 1993 with the assistance of a grant sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The goal of the COE is to prepare the next generation of medical leaders to address the issues of health disparities. The primary initiatives to address this goal include:

  • * Expanding the diversity of the health professional work force, especially in academic medicine
  • * Promoting cultural competence in medical education for all trainees
  • * Supporting scholarly projects in the area of health disparities
  • * Developing leadership skills in students from diverse backgrounds
  • * Working with faculty from throughout Stanford University to eliminate health disparities
  • * Enhancing the participation of alumni in the diversity activities of the School of Medicine.

This site was designed to encourage access to individuals, activities, and programs related to diversity throughout Stanford School of Medicine.
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COE Website

We hope this web site will prove useful to you as a resource on issues pertaining to diversity, health disparities and the minority medical community here at the Stanford School of Medicine. This site will also seek to inform visitors of the activities of our alumni, faculty, fellows, residents, medical and pre-medical students of color. If you have any information you would like to post on this site please contact Mark Gutierrez, Assistant Director for the center.

Yokko Murakami, 3rd year Med Student, awarded the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship

Yokko was one of five students awarded the prestigous national scholarship at the AAMC National Meeting held in Boston during the first week of November. This award is given to outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and have demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of minorities in the United States. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship in November of the year the scholarships are awarded.

 

Her work includes being a Patient Advocate and Community Resource Director at the Pacific Free Clinic, a leader and researcher for SUMMA and identifying health care inequalities at the San Francisco General Hospital.


Anne Liu: Annoucement from the new APAMSA National Hep B Co-Chair

 

I am very excited to take on the position of the National Hepatitis B Chair for 2009-2010. My role will be to oversee APAMSA’s involvement and progress with Hepatitis B, which is one of the major Asian and Pacific Islander health disparities and a core of APAMSA's mission.

 

As a passionate hepatitis B activist, I will be actively providing encouragement, keeping track and following up on all the APAMSA hepatitis B chapter projects and events throughout the nation. Specifically, support will be given to Regional Hepatitis B coordinators and chapters in initiating or continuing APAMSA hepatitis B screenings, vaccination projects, education seminars, awareness campaign efforts, and research studies on at-risk communities. One of my major goals will be to compile a comprehensive Hepatitis B outreach reference guide made available to chapters.

 

This year's hepatitis B conference was held on Saturday, October 31, 2009, at the Hilton Back Bay Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pfeffier Lecture Series - Dr. Santos

SUMMA CoferenceOn Friday, October 9, the Pfeffler Lecture Series welcomed Dr. Jose Ignacio Santos, Professor in the Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He presented on "Children's Health in Latin America" and also gave an insightful presentation titled "H1N1: The Mexican Experience" at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Auditorium during Pediatric Grand Rounds.


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Upcoming Events
SUMMA Conference

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Stanford School of Medicine

Join us on Saturday, February 13, 2010 for the 19th annual Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA) Conference as students from all over the state of California and beyond come to the Stanford School of Medicine to learn about careers in medicine and the pathways to get there. Various workshops will be offered that discuss a variety of topics including the admissions process, the challenges of medical school and affording medical school. In addition, the conference will have several keynote presentations from outstanding faculty. To learn more about the conference please visit the following url: http://summa.stanford.edu/. Save the date! Conference registration coming soon.
spotlight on LEADERSHIP
Yvonne Maldonado, MD

Yvonne Maldonado, MD

As a specialist in infectious diseases at Packard Children’s Hospital, her work studying some of childhood’s most dread enemies—malaria, polio, measles, HIV—has taken her from small towns in northern California to Mayan enclaves in Mexico and poverty-stricken villages in Zimbabwe.

"My background has a lot to do with how I look at things. I grew up in two cultures and so I understand how important it is to respect other cultures, particularly in terms of international health." More »

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