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DEI Committee Structure

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The DEI Team

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DEI Committee Leadership and Support

DEI Co-Chairs Cecelia Bellcross & Melissa Murphy provide oversight for the 5 DEI sub-committees:

  • Training and Awareness
  • Faculty Recruitment
  • Retention & Advancement
  • Improved Interactions
  • Staff Recruitment, Retention & Recognition
  • Outreach/Pipeline
Cecelia Bellcross and Regina Gilbert manage the communications platforms. Melissa Murphy processes the data analytics and Ryba Washington supports the administrative aspects of the DEI Committee.

Committee Meetings occur on the 2nd Wed of each month, subcommittees meet monthly.



DEI Training and Awareness

Charge: DOHG becomes a more inclusive, diverse, and welcoming environment through regular, required educational opportunities.

Subcommittee Co-Leaders: Melanie Hardy and Robby Van Sciver

Faculty Recruitment, Retention & Advancement

Charge: Recruit diverse faculty members to the DOHG, as well as faculty members who are devoted champions of diversity. 

Subcommittee Co-Leaders: Victor Corces and David Weinshenker

Improved Interactions

Charge: To increase and improve interactions between healthcare professionals  (e.g., nurses, clinicians, clinical psychologists) and clinical research teams who have direct contact with patients and research participants.

Subcommitte Co-Leaders: Rossana Sanchez Russo and Robin Weems

Staff Recruitment, Retention & Recognition

Charge: Create a culture where each DOHG staff member is an active contributor to the department’s mission; is noticed, heard, valued, and supported, and thrive because this is where they belong.

Subcommittee Co-Leaders: Regina Gilbert and Elizabeth Sablon

Outreach/Pipeline

Charge: DOHG becomes a more inclusive, diverse, and welcoming environment through regular, required educational opportunities.

Subcommittee Co-Leaders: Janise Kuehner and Steven Sloan