OHSU has a number of other initiatives as outlined here. As a residency program, we will continue our anti-racism work which include the following but are not limited to these:

• We established a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resident-led committee who has partnered with On Track!, an OHSU group who works with Oregon middle and high schools to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority backgrounds in the health sciences.
• Added diversity and social determinants of health learning into every noon report session
• Continue our holistic approach to recruiting a diverse group of residents so that we may transform healthcare
• Participate in University and GME led efforts to end racism at OHSU
• Completed Upstander Intervention Training for all residents and faculty
• Participate in a new initiative called Stepping in for Respect, a bystander intervention training to create a respectful and inclusive environment for all.
• Funding the directorship of the Advocacy Program (Drs. Joel Burnett and Kelsi Manley) and to expand our advocacy curriculum
• Continue to add anti-racism workshops into our residency related retreats
• Seek new opportunities to engage with the broader community in volunteer opportunities; led by our Volunteer Committee under the IM Residency Council
• Raise money for organizations who continue their work in dismantling racism
  • 2023 Reproductive Equity fundraiser: $14,000
    • https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/11/16/ohsu-welcomes-first-out-of-state-obgyn-resident-to-receive-training-in-abortion-care
    • https://ohsufoundation.org/reproductive-health/
  • NxNE Clinic
    • 2022 fundraiser: $4,000
    • 2021 fundraiser: $4,000
    • 2020 fundraiser: $8,000

Dr. Donn Spight, Professor of Surgery, has been appointed as Vice President for Health Equity Operations. OHSU is dedicated to integrating health equity into the fabric of how care is delivered. Dr. Spight joins Kat Phillips, MHA in this role. Ms. Phillips lead the Vaccine Equity Committee, a group dedicated to providing Covid-19 vaccines to rural and community settings where resources are limited. 

OHSU’s 4 Guiding Principles for Health Equity:

1. We are committed to becoming an anti-racist institution. This is all of our responsibility and is integral to the health system’s ability to deliver the most effective and highest quality care.
2. We seek to amplify and accelerate existing OHSU programs in the health equity space – particularly those that already have strong ties to communities of color and other historically marginalized groups.
3. We seek to develop a shared vision for health equity with input from community groups and work to create new programs as needed to address community-described gaps in health and health care.
4. We will listen to the community first, then build solutions as our community partners gain trust in our enduring commitment; this is a new approach for OHSU and an important departure from our actions historically.

Read more about OHSU's Health Equity operations

Embracing diversity, equity and inclusion gives us the power to be better at what we do, and allows us to demonstrate integrity, compassion and leadership.

The OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI), leads and supports the university-wide initiatives to create an environment of respect and inclusion for all people. The Center is dedicated to fostering partnerships to enhance OHSU's mission of healing, teaching, research and community services. With a range of resources and services, the Center for Diversity and Inclusion supports and empowers students, faculty and staff from all walks of life, including historically underrepresented populations.

OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards

Hear how members of the OHSU community value equity and inclusion, and are working toward increased engagement and culture change.

OHSU and our program have been on a journey to become an anti-racist, diverse institution and continue accelerating efforts toward this goal. Dr. Danny Jacobs, then OHSU President, and numerous other invested individuals, including Leslie Garcia, Associate Dean for DEI, and Dr. Derick Du Vivier, Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, have worked collaboratively and extensively to create an environment that celebrates diversity and works toward inclusion and equity. Please review these websites to understand better what we are doing and where we are going, including reviewing our SOM Strategic Action Plan.

• SOM Diversity and Equity website
• Dr. Derick Du Vivier has been named Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and will report directly to the OHSU President
• OHSU will revise the Code of Conduct policy to make displaying hateful imagery an explicit violation that is subject to discipline up to termination
• OHSU has terminated the contract with Oregon Correction Enterprises for laundry services
• Review of OHSU's Public Safety Organization has been completed
• OHSU added a paid leave day for everyone to honor Juneteenth
• OHSU has identified disparities in access with telehealth and is actively engaging with communities to improve this area of medicine.
• OHSU along with the Oregon Legislature will work to expand class sizes in clinical education programs and uplift diversity and learner pathway programs. 
• Dr. Erik Brodt, assistant dean for Native American health in the SOM was recently recognized and elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Brodt directs OHSU's Northwest Native American Center of Excellence.
• OHSU's Vaccine Equity Committee have partnered with community organizations to provide more than 40 unique and culturally and linguistically specific clinics in the metro area to provide vaccines to many underrepresented in medicine.
• OHSU has made a clear stance on our support of transgender and gender-diverse communities.