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2024 Apr 25

Unlocking Cultural Healing: Australian Aboriginal Youth Health, Constitutional Recognition, and Treaty Aspirations

1:00pm to 2:30pm

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Must preregister to attend: https://hms.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eIMhUmzLKHHeyc6

Sandra Eades,  AO FASSA FAHMS FTSE, is a Mineng Noongar woman. Professor Eades is an esteemed Aboriginal health leader. She is Deputy Dean Indigenous in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and the Rowden White Chair in Indigenous Health Equity at the University of Melbourne in Australia.

Amidst a turbulent history, marked by the arrival of the English in the late 1700s, Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people faced annihilation as introduced diseases and massacres decimated the population to less than 100,000 individuals. Despite...

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2024 May 15

The Historical Roots of Injustice in Medicine

12:00pm to 2:00pm

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Waterhouse Room, Gordon Hall, 25 Shattuck Street

The Historical Roots of Injustice in Medicine
Symposium 1: Racism, Medicine, and NEJM since 1812

The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnership (DICP) at Harvard Medical School and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) present the first of three symposia, in conjunction with the ongoing NEJM series “Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the Journal.”

Featuring authors of the NEJM series: Merlin Chowkwanyun, Joseph Gone, Evelynn Hammonds, David S. Jones, Meghan Bannon Kerr, and Scott H. Podolsky. Also featuring...

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Latest News

Promotion of Dr. John L. Dalrymple to Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and RFA for Two New Leadership Roles in Medical Student Education

August 24, 2022

TO: HMS Faculty Involved in Medical Student Education

FROM: Edward M. Hundert, MD

SUBJECT: Promotion of Dr. John L. Dalrymple to Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and RFA for Two New Leadership Roles in Medical Student Education

I am very pleased to announce the promotion of John L. Dalrymple, MD ‘91, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Medical Education, to Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education in the MD Program at HMS. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Dalrymple, who has been the...

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Students gathering in a common space for food and conversation.

Introduction to Service

August 12, 2022

First-year students learn the power of on-the-ground community engagement.

To help new Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine students understand more about health equity and about how they will provide care for their future patients, this year’s first-week Introduction to the Profession (ITP) course provided incoming students with an opportunity to become better acquainted with Boston-area neighborhoods.

In a session developed by the newly formed...
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Class of 2022 MD graduates pose for a group photo. Image: Steve Lipofsky

Together, At Last

May 26, 2022

2022 grads celebrate success while striving for change in a challenging time.

A sunny, warm spring day, replete with chirping birds and flowers in full bloom, was a fitting backdrop for a celebration years in the making, as graduates of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine gathered with faculty, family, and friends for an in-person Class Day on the HMS Quad.

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