Health Equity, Anti-Racism and Diversity
What is the HEARD Committee?
Subcommittees
Faculty Recruitment and Retention subcommittee:
Chair: Jeff Boissoneault
Goals: Work with department and college leadership to promote recruitment and retention of faculty from underrepresented groups on an ongoing basis.
Current Initiatives:
1 Recruitment three faculty from underrepresented groups (one for each area of concentration) over the next calendar year.
2 Promote hiring of faculty candidates from underrepresented groups to tenure-track positions on an ongoing basis by investing needed resources to expand recruitment networks, and diversifying search committees.
3 Identify and remove barriers to retention of faculty from underrepresented groups, including expanding junior faculty mentoring programs.
Community Outreach Subcommittee
Chair: Allison Holgerson
Goal: To promote active engagement in the community, particularly serving underrepresented groups.
Current Initiatives:
1 Reconceptualize Free Therapy Night (part of the Equal Access Clinic Network with University of Florida College of Medicine) as an integrated part of clinical training. This goal is part of an active effort to increase available volume of providers/supervisors to better serve the community.
2 Promote hiring of a faculty member to continue our Department’s presence in the University of Florida HIV clinic.
3 Increase active efforts to establish a presence in the community with needs assessments and subsequent outreach.
Education subcommittee
Chair: Jared Tanner
Goal: To improve the CHP curriculum in terms of diversity and anti-racism
Current initiatives:
1 Institute a first year required course covering diversity with didactic, experiential, clinical, and research applications.
2 Ongoing development of syllabus to include immersive learning experiences and in-class activities to enhance personal understanding of diversity topics and how to apply learnings professionally
3 Faculty and staff diversity educational opportunities are being assessed.
Trainee Recruitment and Retention subcommittee
Chair: Michael Marsiske