Diversity Summit 2024

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Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) Room 1306 750 Highland Ave.
@ 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm
https://intranet.med.wisc.edu/diversity-summit/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=wordpress_insideuw&utm_campaign=facstaff_comms&utm_content=2024_09_17

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(Registration is encouraged but not required
— contact smphevents@med.wisc.edu if you have trouble registering)

Welcome: 3-3:20 p.m.

  • Welcome message by Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, MA, CDM, SMPH Associate Dean for Diversity & Equity Transformation; UW Health Vice President/Chief Diversity Officer
  • Opening remarks by Robert N. Golden, MD, Dean of SMPH

Keynote: 3:20-4:45 p.m.

  • Keynote address by Anjali Forber-Pratt, PhD, Director of Research at the American Association on Health & Disability (AAHD), a disability activist, and a two-time Paralympian
  • Q&A session

Break: 4:45-5 p.m.

Choose a breakout session: 5-5:45 p.m.

  • An Introduction to Ableism and its Impacts on Medicine
  • Understanding Disability Accommodations for Students, Faculty, and Staff
  • Creating and Cultivating an Environment of Inclusion and Belonging

Reception and closing: 5:45-6:30

  • Reception in the HSLC Atrium