Diversity Summit

The UMass Chan Medical School is committed to growing and sustaining a diverse, inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of the UMass Chan academic community.

While there are many elements to our strategic focus on diversity and inclusion, during the past few years, we have held several “Diversity Summits.”

The Diversity Summits came out of the work of the UMass Chan Executive Council’s Ad Hoc Work Group on Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Health Sciences.  The group developed ten core recommendations to enhance diversity within the faculty and across the student body and help foster an inclusive work and learning environment. Upon receiving the group’s final report, Chancellor Michael F. Collins, MD and other senior campus leaders endorsed the recommendations put forward and spearheaded the first Diversity Summit to develop focused implementation plan for each of the ten recommendations. Click here to learn more about the UMass Chan Diversity Summits.