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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Yale Cancer Center

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Yale Cancer Center ensures that an inclusive culture, with increased diversity in our workforce is emphasized—including trainees, staff, and faculty—and helps to foster the career advancement of all members of our diverse community. Associate Cancer Center Director, Dr. Faye Rogers, has a long track record of advancing equity at Yale School of Medicine and nationally. In this role, she leads our community in implementing initiatives to enhance the culture of belonging at Yale Cancer Center, including programs and training in cultural and structural humility, stigma and discrimination, and sexual harassment.
Mission Statement:

At Yale Cancer Center, we are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment by:
  • Recruiting and sponsoring faculty, trainees, and staff who represent the diversity of our population
  • Acknowledging and removing inequities within our policies, systems, and programs.
  • Taking responsibility for our continuous learning and improvement.

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SPORE Career Enhancement Programs

A critical element to ensure new advances that translate research from bench to bedside is to attract, foster, and support new investigators.

Faye Rogers, PhD, Appointed Associate Cancer Center Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Faye Rogers, PhD, Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology, has been appointed Associate Cancer Center Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Yale Cancer Center.

Exploring Bias in Scientific Peer Review: An ASCO Initiative

To investigate implicit bias (IB) in the peer review process across ASCO and Conquer Cancer Foundation and to propose potential mitigation strategies.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Internal Medicine Residency Assessments

In this cross-sectional study of 9026 internal medicine residents, Asian residents and residents historically underrepresented in medicine by race and ethnicity received lower ratings on assessments than their White peers during the first and second years of training.

Inclusive Language Initiative & Glossary: An Important New Resource for the YSM Community

YSM trainees, faculty, and staff have access to a new resource intended to facilitate learning across the school: the Inclusive Language Initiative & Glossary (“ILI & Glossary”).

Toxic Workplaces Could Damage Mental Health, Surgeon General Warns

Long hours and cutthroat work conditions are harmful to workers’ mental and physical health, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in a groundbreaking report.

Inequities in medical school research could hinder workforce diversity

Diversity in the biomedical workforce leads to more research innovation, higher quality work, and more participation in clinical trials by people in underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. But within this workforce, inequities in representation persist.

Racial gap in cancer mortality prompts Yale Cancer Center to hire more navigators

Yale Cancer Center is retraining physicians to be more culturally sensitive, and is in the process of raising funds to provide for transportation and child care to cancer patients in need.

Understanding Modern Medical Centers: Beyond Simone—Intersectional Maxims for a New Era

Dr. Kunz provides a reimagination of Simone's Maxims for modern health care, and presents maxims for a new era of intersectional physicians striving to provide equitable care for all patients. Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Perceptions of stereotypes applied to women who publicly communicate their STEM work

Gender biases and stereotypes are prevalent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, which can create obstacles for the attraction, retention and progression of girls and women to STEM studies and careers.

Learning from HBCUs: How to produce Black professionals in STEMM

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) offer high-quality education and produce leaders from various backgrounds, mainly being African American. Predominately White institutions can utilize practices that make HBCUs successful to mentor and graduate students of all backgrounds.

Black Race Strongest Predictor of Lymphedema After Axillary Node Dissection

Black race and use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) are associated with higher rates of breast cancer–related lymphedema, according to the results of a prospective screening study.

NSF grant decisions reflect systemic racism, study argues

Funding success rates for white scientists far exceed the NSF average, whereas Black and Asian researchers do worse

Yale Cancer Center Diversity Enhancement Program in Oncology welcomes first students

The Section of Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center welcomes its first students to the newly-launched Diversity Enhancement Program in Oncology, Larisa Kamga, PhD, and Taylor Barrow.