The Office of Multicultural Affairs offers many programs to enhance recruitment, retention, career development, and community partnership for all IUSM affiliates with an emphasis on underrepresented minorities.
For Medical Students
- Lessons Learned Workshop
- Lunch and Learns
- Financial support and collaborations with Student Interest Groups
- Occurrence of Bias and Occurrence of Excellence
- Research Shadowing Initiative
- Mid-term hospitality
- Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) writing workshop
- Diversity Workshops (requested through SIG or Department) “Attention to Bias in Healthcare”
- Writing, mentoring, scholarship, and career development resources
For additional resources and information visit the Medical Student Affairs website at www.msa.iusm.iu.edu
For Graduate Students
- “Getting You Into IU” and “Getting You Through IU”
- Graduate Student Retreat
- Diversity Workshops (requested through SIG or Department) “Attention to Bias in Science”
- Career development, writing, mentoring, fellowship, conference, funding resources
- Orientation gifts
For additional resources and information visit the Graduate Division website at www.grad.medicine.iu.edu
For Residents
- Physician Recruitment Reception
- Resident Educational Seminar
For additional resources and information, please visit the Graduate Medical Education website at www.medicine.iu.edu/residents
For Staff
- DiversiTea (e.g., Desktop Yoga, Implicit Association Workshop)- a collaborative staff development initiative of the OMCA and IUSM Human Resources. The sessions provide a venue for IUSM staff to enjoy traditional tea from around the world, explore a new skill or resource, and enjoy great company of colleagues.
For Faculty
- Support For Underrepresented Faculty (SRUF) – allows additional support/funding for racial/ethnic and gender minorities
- The Robert Wood Johnson Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
- Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program – facilitate the application process
- Career Development Seminars
- Volunteer Faculty Appointment Workshop
- Search Committee Assistance Initiative – to help identify a diverse pool of candidates
For Alumni and Faculty
- Employee Assistance for Significant Other
- Family Listserv
For Community Partners
- Diversity Week
- Camp MD – Medical Detectives | View images from 2009 camp | Info
- Indiana Black Expo Health and Life Science Roundtable clinical experts
- Diversity Council
- Aesculapian bi-annual meetings
Support for Underrepresented Faculty (SRUF)
Aim
SRUF is designed to encourage and assist schools and departments at IUPUI in the hiring of underrepresented tenure/tenure-track faculty. The aim is to build a more diverse faculty, enrich the intellectual environment, and provide role models for our students.
Eligibility
SRUF is available whenever the current percentage of any gender or race in a department is less than 15% of the total tenured and tenure-track faculty in the department and the nationally available pool of candidates in that discipline is also less than 15%. The gender/race percentage breakdown for the available pool of candidates for each discipline can be obtained from the Office for Affirmative Action.
Salary Support
The SRUF pool will provide $50,000 per underrepresented faculty recruit for the first year of employment. In subsequent years, recurring salary funds of $25,000 will be transferred to the school's base budget as long as the underrepresented faculty member remains at IUPUI. If a SRUF-supported faculty member leaves IUPUI or if the appointment drops to 50% or less, funds will be returned to the central SRUF pool.
The Robert Wood Johnson Amos Medical Faculty Development Program
Program Purpose:
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, formerly known as the Minority Medical Faculty Development Program, was created to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who can achieve senior rank in academic medicine and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians. Four-year postdoctoral research awards are offered to historically disadvantaged physicians who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine and to serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background.
The program defines the term "historically disadvantaged" to mean challenges facing individuals because of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or other similar factors.
The program was recently renamed and expanded in honor of Harold Amos, Ph.D., who was the first African-American to chair a department, now the Department of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, of the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Amos worked tirelessly to recruit and mentor countless numbers of minority and disadvantaged students to careers in academic medicine and science. He was a founding member of the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Minority Medical Faculty Development Program in 1983, and served as the Program's National Program Director between 1989 and 1993. Dr. Amos remained active with the program until his death in 2003.
Each Amos Scholar selected (up to 12 each year) will receive an annual stipend up to $75,000, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant toward support of research activities. Each Scholar will study and conduct research in association with a senior faculty member located at an academic medical center noted for the training of young faculty and pursuing lines of investigation that are of interest to the Scholar. Scholars are expected to spend at least 70% of their time in research activities.
A distinguished National Advisory Committee will assist the Foundation with the program. While these awards are intended to provide four years of support, the National Advisory Committee reviews the progress of each Scholar after the first two years to determine the appropriateness of continuing funding for the full duration of the award.
History
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the result of over 20 years of experience with The Foundation's Minority Medical Faculty Development Program (MMFDP), which strove to increase the number of underrepresented minorities on medical faculties. The MMFDP selected its first cohort of eight physicians committed to careers in biomedical research in 1983. Since then, the scope of the program has grown to include those in clinical investigation and health services research, and the number of awards has increased to up to twelve per year. More than 175 Scholars completed all four years of the program. Of these, more than 80% are still in academic medicine.
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must be physicians from historically disadvantaged backgrounds (ethnic, financial, or educational) who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents at the time of application deadline; have excelled in their education; are now completing or have completed their formal clinical training; are prepared to devote four consecutive years to research; are committed to pursuing academic careers; and are committed to improving the health status of the underserved, decreasing health disparities, or serving as role models for students and faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds Preference will be given to physicians who have recently completed their formal clinical training. In order to pursue the advanced research training required by this program, applicants must identify faculty mentors with whom a research plan will be developed. The mentor's experience in the supervision of trainees and the adequacy of the mentor's research environment and support will be strongly considered. Once these linkages have been established, the applicant and proposed mentor may begin the application process.
2008 Timetable:
March 19, 2008, 8pm EST (5pm PST): Deadline for receipt of completed online applications.
March 20, 2008: Deadline for postmark of all supporting documents and hard copies
July 16-18, 2008: Interviews with the National Advisory Committee in Washington
December, 2008: Official notification of Scholars
