About Diversity at Einstein
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Guided by Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s long-standing mission to promote scientific excellence through student, trainee, and faculty diversity and through community inclusion, the Einstein Council for Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Medicine has developed a strategic plan for achieving our vision of an inclusive culture of medicine, positioned to lead the fight for health equity, and to engage stakeholders across the institution to collaborate on sustainable change in the Bronx and beyond.
Einstein’s strategic plan for excellence includes health equity and diversity initiatives that focus on optimizing organizational culture, promoting inclusive community, and developing and implementing equity-related knowledge through the following initiatives:
- developing a sustainable diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) infrastructure
- increasing diversity recruitment and retention
- developing data standards for measuring longitudinal DEI progress
- providing training and professional development
- fostering community building and learner engagement
- expanding education and research opportunities for students, faculty, and house staff who are underrepresented in medicine
Access Einstein’s most recent strategic plan for excellence (an AD username and password are required). If you have additional questions about diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at Einstein, please contact the office of diversity enhancement at diversity.enhancement@einsteinmed.edu or at 718-430-3091.
Diversity and Inclusion Milestones
We celebrate important diversity and inclusion milestones at Albert Einstein College of Medicine while acknowledging there is always more work to be done to realize a fully inclusive environment.
The College of Medicine is founded and named after humanitarian and scientist Albert Einstein with the express purpose of providing “medical training to students of all creeds and races.”
Einstein establishes the Martin Luther King Jr.–Robert F. Kennedy Program to prepare minority undergraduates for medical school.
The Einstein Senate forms a Minority Affairs Committee to recruit and retain minority students.
The College of Medicine establishes the Einstein Enrichment Program to help minority and economically disadvantaged secondary school students pursue careers in science, medicine, and health.
Einstein participates for the first time in the Associated Medical Schools of New York Post-Baccalaureate Program at SUNY Buffalo with the goal of expanding the number of underrepresented and educationally and economically disadvantaged students in medicine.
Einstein establishes the Hispanic Center of Excellence and joins a group of distinguished institutions that serve the healthcare needs of the Hispanic community.
Einstein’s Bronx Center to Reduce and Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities (BronxCREED) wins a National Institutes of Health renewal award for Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities, and Training (Project EXPORT).
Einstein creates the Office of Diversity Mentoring to help people who are underrepresented in medicine build successful careers in research and healthcare.
Einstein establishes an LGBTQ+ Safe Zone.
The Student National Medical Association convenes a session on Black Excellence as part of a “Crucial Conversations” conference on Einstein’s campus.
More than 60 faculty and staff attend a team retreat to finalize recommendations and goals for Einstein’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan for Excellence.
Einstein announces its first Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan for Excellence and launches an implementation action plan. View the 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan for Excellence.
Einstein appoints the first Senior Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion to provide leadership and to ensure continued progress on the Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan for Excellence.
Einstein earns the Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the third year in a row
Einstein integrates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives into the school-wide Strategic Plan for Excellence.
Diversity and Inclusion by the Numbers
Use the arrows above to view diversity statistics about M.D. students, Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, leadership and faculty at Einstein or access the data here.