Our Departmental Committees on Diversity and Inclusion are made up
of the Core Committee and four Subcommittees
Core Committee
The HMS Neurobiology Departmental Committees on Diversity and Inclusion (DCDI) were created to promote diversity and inclusion both within our department and beyond. The Core Committee coordinates the activities of the four subcommittees (Training, Education, Outreach, and In-Reach); it includes representatives of the Underrepresented Scholars in Neuroscience (USN) group and the Women in Neuroscience (WiN) group, and consists of students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members, and department administrators, who are operating in parallel work-streams towards common goals.
CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
Eliminate barriers that limit the diversity of department community on all levels (faculty, postdoctoral fellows, students, and administrators)
Facilitate honest conversations about race and DEI and recreate meaningful and trackable metrics for change
Leverage the human resources that we have within the Department to affect bigger changes in academia
Subcommittees:
TRAINING
Partner with experts to develop and implement diversity training for department members at all levels
CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
Provide mentorship training to all Department faculty
Offer allyship training to all members of the Department
EDUCATION
Identify and disseminate educational material on social injustice and systemic racism in academia
CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
Collect and vet available educational resources
Ensure that appropriate resources are readily available to the community
OUTREACH
Broaden the reach of—and access to—neurobiology for underrepresented and marginalized groups
CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
High-school outreach
Undergraduate mentorship
DEI-focused PostBac program
Support the diversification of the postdoctoral community
IN-REACH
Create a safe space for honest conversations around DEI and develop appropriate metrics to track progress
CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
nerveimPulse (a survey of the community)
Promote DEI-focused discussions within each lab