DEI Listening Session with NICHD – They want to hear from YOU!
Posted: 3/16/2022 ()
Next week there are two listening sessions hosted by NICHD to hear from about your perspectives on how to improve the diversity of investigators and trainees who conduct NICH-supported research. They need your insights, expertise, and ideas! The first listening session is for prospective, current, and past trainees and early stage investigators and will be held on March 22 1-3pm EST. The second listening session is for established research investigators and program directors, leaders from professional organizations and academic organizations and will be held on March 24 from 1-3pm ET.
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The Scientific Workforce Diversity (SWD) Committee, part of NICHD’s STrategies to enRich Inclusion and achieVe Equity (STRIVE) Initiative, is hosting a series of listening sessions with external stakeholders who are committed to the recruitment and retention of diverse individuals as trainees or investigators in medicine or biomedical research. We need your insights, expertise, and ideas!
- Our aim is to better understand how we can improve the diversity of the investigators and trainees who conduct NICHD-supported research.
- Each session will be an interactive exchange focused on how NICHD can support the career development and trajectory of individuals who are underrepresented in the biomedical and public health research workforce.
- During the sessions, participants will have the ability to discuss issues and challenges facing institutions, researchers, and trainees in creating a diverse scientific workforce and enhancing inclusion in the research community.
The sessions will inform an upcoming workshop hosted by the STRIVE SWD Committee, “A Pathway to Enhancing Workforce Diversity,” to be held later this Spring. Additional details for this workshop will be sent in the coming weeks.
Please find the schedule of listening sessions below. All NICHD staff and trainees are welcome to attend, and we encourage you to pass the invitation along to your community and external partners.
- Listening Session 1 – Trainees (Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Postdocs) and Early-Stage Investigators Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 1pm–3pm ET
- Listening Session 2 – Established Research Investigators and Program Directors, Academic and Research Program Leaders, Professional and Scientific Organizations Thursday, March 24, 2022, 1pm–3pm ET
Register now to attend these sessions.