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The Build and Belong News

February.26th Issue
Dear GUSOM Students, Faculty & Staff:

In our second edition of the Build and Belong Newsletter (BB NEWS), we are pleased to feature more robust event announcements, med student opportunities, and new faculty research spotlights. If you'd like to submit an announcement/article, please email us at: 
somdiversityandinclusion@georgetown.edu. Our newsletter goes out the last week of each month.
 
This month, I wanted to highlight the good reads and upcoming Georgetown events this month focused on sex, gender, and health care:
  • "Implementation and Evaluation of a Pilot Training to Improve Transgender Competency among Medical Staff in an Urban Clinic" published in Transgender Health and forwarded to us by Dr. Michael Plankey.
  • "Teaching LGBT Issues in the New Era of Medical Education" in SLATE by Daniel Marchalik, who is completing is urologic surgery residency in DC and heads the Literature and Medicine Track at GUSOM.
And upcoming events:
  • The Pink Concussions Summit at Georgetown: An International Summit on Female Concussion and TBI, that will explore the gender differences in injury, symptoms, and recovery to develop a better model of prevention, treatment and care. This Summit will take place this weekend, Feb 27-28! Thanks to Dean Mitchell, Dr. Dave Milzman, and Dr. Mark Burns for their leadership in planning and inspiring this summit.
     
  • Mark Your Calendars: The Lavender Graduation is on April 27! It is a special ceremony for LGBTQ and Ally undergrads and grads to acknowledge their achievements and unique experiences across Georgetown. This is an opportunity for GUSOM to celebrate graduating med students and bring community together to share history and progress. Guest invitations will be sent out  to students, faculty and staff later in March. Thanks for your support!
 
All the best,
Dean Cheng

This newsletter will include:
  1. Good Reads
    Teaching LGBT Issues in the New Era of Medical Education by Daniel Marchalik

    Implementation and Evaluation of a Pilot Training to Improve Transgender Competency Among Medical Staff in an Urban Clinic
     
  2. Upcoming Events
    "A Day in the Life at Georgetown University School of Medicine" Photography Campaign - March. 18
    The International Summit on Female Concussion and TBI - February 27~28
    AAMC RWJF-led webinar on new leadership funding opportunities - February.29
    The Office of Admissions Second Look Day - April.11
    Lavender Graduation - April. 27
    Office of Student Affairs Events Match Day, String of Pearls, Golden Apple Ceremony, St. Baldrick's Fundraiser, IronMed Triathlon, Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction Ceremony, GUSOM Day, Class of 2016 Commencement) - March~May

     
  3. Research Spotlights
    Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention Laboratory
    The AAKOMA Project receives Engagement and Pipeline Awards

     
  4. Opportunities for Students
    ASH Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP)
    MCW AIM & ROADS Program

    NHSC Loan Repayment Program
    UPenn Visiting Clerkships for Underrepresented Minority Medical Students
    Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Summer Clinical Internship Program
    2016 ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship Award

     
  5. Opportunities for Faculty Members
    AAMC Mid-Career Minority Faculty Seminar

Daniel Marchalik is completing his urologic surgery residency in Washington, D.C. He heads the Literature and Medicine Track at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and writes a monthly column for the Lancet.
 "But one thing is certain: LGBT education in medical schools needs to be vast, and it needs to begin early. Educating students on LGBT-related issues is no longer just ethical; it is becoming mandatory."
                                                                                                                 ——Daniel Marchalik
 
Implementation and Evaluation of a Pilot Training to
Improve Transgender Medical Staff in an Urban Clinic

Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger,1,* Paula Pollard-Thomas,2 Sarit A. Golub,1 and Asa E. Radix4
Abstract: Transgender individuals (TGI), who identify their gender as different from their sex assigned at birth, continue facing widespread discrimination and mistreatment within the healthcare system. Providers often lack expertise in adequate transgender (TG) care due to limited specialized training. In response to these inadequacies, and to increase evidence-based interventions effecting TG-affirmative healthcare, we implemented and evaluated a structural-level intervention in the form of a comprehensive Provider Training Program (PTP) in TG health within a New York City-based outpatient clinic serving primarily individuals of color and of low socioeconomic status. This pilot intervention aimed to increase medical staff knowledge of TG health and needs, and to support positive attitudes toward TGI.
Click to read full article

Upcoming Events
 
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is proud to announce the beginning of its “A Day in the Life at Georgetown University School of Medicine” photography campaign! The goal of this initiative is to highlight community among GUSOM students, staff and faculty in fostering a climate of inclusivity and diversity through sharing of our experiences, culture and identity in medicine.The photography campaign seeks both formal and informal opportunities to capture student, staff and faculty engagement in the following areas: 
  •       Student Learning Context
  •       Staff & Faculty Workplace Context
  •       Collaborative Events Context – Students/Staff/ and/or Faculty
  •       Wellness/Fellowship Context - Students/Staff/ and/or Faculty 
Formal events could include meetings, events, celebrations around/near campus and informal everyday events (lunch at Epicurean, coffee breaks, happy hours, studying around campus).

To have your “day in the life” photo taken please provide your contact and event information here. You can also take your own photos and email to Kevin at: keb278@georgetown.edu. Please sign up by Friday, March 18th to be considered for the photography campaign. Photo taking will commence this week. Photos will be shared as an exhibit around the GUSOM campus and online, through the School of Medicine website.

The International Summit on Female Concussion and TBI


Exploring the Gender Differences in Injury, Symptoms and Recovery to Develop a Better Model of Prevention, Treatment and Care

Georgetown Medical Center will be hosting an incredibly unique summit on Saturday, Feb, 27, 2016, from 8 am to 5:30 pmInternational civilian and military experts on brain injury will review current research on Female Concussions and TBI. This summit - the first ever to look at female concussion and TBI - will be provided to you for free thanks to Dean Mitchell’s generocity.
 
Students should sign up here and opting for the “comp ticket.” This will save you a seat, ensure you will be fed, and generate a name tag for you on the morning of the event. First 20 students will get complimentary admissions!
 
Saturday and Sunday, February 27-28, 2016
ICC Auditorium, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
http://www.pinkconcussions.com/programs/
 
Calling all students, faculty and staff-- please save the date for The Office of Admissions annual Second Look Day.  This year it will be Monday April 11, 2016.  
 
Join the AAMC’s Research on Care Community, Health Equity subgroup (ROCChe) for a discussion, led by David M. Krol MD, MPH, FAAP, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, about the Foundation’s four new change leadership programs designed to extend the influence and impact of leaders working to build a Culture of Health and promote health equity. Applications just opened for all four new programs. During the webinar, we’ll discuss the unique design of each, who should apply and the funding opportunities available.

Monday, February 29, 2016 2:00 – 3:00 PM, EST
Register Now!
 
Guest registration will open in March! Stay Tuned!
DateWednesday, April 27, 2016
Ceremony: 5:00-7:00pm
Reception & Dinner: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Great Room, Healey Family Student Center

Match Day!!: Friday, March 18th at 11am in LA6
Class of 2016 finds out where they matched once the clock strikes noon and mania ensues.  Bbq on the podium immediately following the "ceremony" sponsored by Medical Alumni.
 
String of Pearls: Friday, April 8th location & time TBA (but most likely 7pm at Epicurean)
M3 organized ceremony to recognize residents who exemplify humanism and exceptional teaching in medical student education.
 
Golden Apple Ceremony: Saturday, April 9th at 6pm at the Georgetown Four Seasons 
M1 & M2 student led ceremony to recognize excellence in basic science and clinical teaching. Formal invitation and ticket sales to come.
 
St. Baldrick's Fundraiser: Friday April 15th, 3-7pm on Med Dent Podium
Student-run annual fundraiser to support childhood cancer research. People sign up to have their heads shaved in solidarity with children battling cancer, and there's music, a silent auction, food and fun for the less brave to enjoy.
 
IronMed Triathlon: Saturday, April 16th
Student-organized triathlon (swim, bike, run) that raises money for Hoya Clinic.
 
Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction Ceremony: Tuesday, April 19th, 5-7pm in Harvey Amphitheater
Annual induction of new members from the third year class and faculty who have been peer-nominated and faculty-selected for demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and commitment to service.
 
GUSOM Day: Saturday, April 2nd
Put on by Executive Council and Learning Society Advisory Committee students. Begins with breakfast and organized community service outings by society in the morning, followed by a BBQ. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to join.
 
Class of 2016 Commencement: Sunday, May 22nd at DAR Constitution Hall (official start time TBA), preceded by the Warwick Evans Award Ceremony for graduates on Friday, May 20th at 5pm in Gaston Hall, 3rd floor of Healy Hall.
 

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
 

Dr. Dionne Smith Coker-Appiah has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry (Research Division) at Georgetown University School of Medicine since 2008. She has had a consistent record of research funding and has been the Principal Investigator on NIH, Foundation, and institutionally funded research projects. She consistently engages in processes that enable the collaborative development of roadmaps for effective adolescent health research that is culturally and geographically appropriate and sustainable. Dr. Coker-Appiah has numerous publications and presents her research locally, nationally, and internationally.

Dr. Coker-Appiah’s adolescent health research program is entitled: Project Letting Our Voices Empower (Project LOVE), which consists of multiple community-based participatory research (CBPR) projects designed to prevent adolescent dating violence (ADV) among rural African American adolescents. ADV is “the threat or use of physical, emotional or sexual abuse within a dating relationship, including stalking.”

Dr. Coker-Appiah is the Director of the Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention (ADVP) Laboratory. The ADVP lab was established to address the urgent need for collaborative research to develop comprehensive, multi-level/multifaceted and culturally/geographically appropriate interventions to prevent ADV and to employ systematic approaches in efforts to scale-up evidence-based programs. Lab members include undergraduate, medical, and graduate students (Masters and Doctoral-level) and medical fellows. The ADVP lab is focused on: (a) CBPR, (b) the primary prevention of ADV within rural communities of Color, (c) addressing the associated negative health outcomes, (d) designing innovative and culturally/geographically appropriate ADV prevention interventions, and (e) ADV policy and advocacy. The lab is currently engaged in both domestic and international ADV prevention research. In fact, Dr. Coker-Appiah and two of her GUMC colleagues (Nana A. Dagadu, MPH & Jessica Kritz, JD, MA) were recently awarded a Georgetown University Office of Global Engagement International Collaborative Grant that will enable the development of an international research collaboration to study ADV in Ghana, West Africa.
 

Engagement Award
The AAKOMA Project is pleased to announce the receipt of a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington Engagement Award.  In July of 2015, Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble (AAKOMA Director and Professor of Psychiatry) received this prestigious award with strong support from Rev. Dr. Jalene Chase-Sands, a faith community leader in Washington, DC, and Mrs. H. Kathy Williams, a longtime community leader and AAKOMA partner in Durham, NC.  The goal is to use their combined knowledge and experience with African-American faith communities to raise awareness about patient-centered outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research for African-American and Black youth in order to improve their emotional well-being and mental health.  Therefore, their aim is to train and empower faith communities, patients, and stakeholders (aligned with the PCORI mission) to understand African Americans' knowledge about patient centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research for mental health and assist the team in designing a curriculum to increase knowledge and awareness.  The Engagement Award is designed to increase the capacity of faith communities, youth, patients and stakeholders to lead, design, and conduct their own patient centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research studies.
 
Through this Engagement Award, the AAKOMA Project and their community partners will implement a training program in three phases aligned with the following objectives:
 
Objective 1:
-       To utilize strategic engagement strategies and principles aligned with community-based participatory research and faith-based mental health promotion to build a network of African-American youth patients, faith community leaders, caregivers, parents, community members, and other stakeholders invested in developing skills in patient centered outcomes and community-based participatory research.
 
Objective 2:
-       To evaluate the individual (e.g., country of origin, level of education, religious affiliation) and interpersonal factors (e.g., level of stigma and overall perceptions of persons with mental illness) thought to advance or hinder faith-based mental health promotion with African-American faith leaders and youth.
-       To evaluate and label the contextual factors (e.g., feasibility and acceptability of engaging faith communities for patient centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research) and environmental factors (church resources and capacity) necessary to support training in patient centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research in African-American faith communities and relevant constituent groups.
 
Objective 3:
-       To utilize the newly formed network and information learned from constituents to collaboratively develop a patient- and stakeholder-focused training curriculum in patient centered outcomes, comparative effectiveness, and community-based participatory research for African-American youth mental health.
 
Pipeline Award
The AAKOMA Project is proud to announce funding from the PCORI Pipeline to Proposal Award.  The initiative will work towards the formation of a faith-based health promotion network focused on African-American mental health and the reduction of disparities.  Aligned with the mission of the Pipeline to Proposal Program, the team will build and engage a network of faith community leaders, caregivers, stakeholders, university researchers, providers, and patients.  Through this Pipeline to Proposal Award, the team, including the voice of youth, will build a patient-centered outcomes and comparative effectiveness research agenda and inspire hope to a healthier mind and community for youth.
 
Through this Pipeline to Proposal Award, the AAKOMA Project and their community partners will focus on the following specific team-building objectives:
 
Objective 1:
-       Develop the faith community and university partnership focused on addressing a mental health disparity of import utilizing “cutting edge” approaches to build upon and extend existing community and human resources.
 
Objective 2:
-       With the Pipeline to Proposal stakeholder program team, identify the specific behavioral and mental health needs of the African-American and Black youth of local communities.
-       Identify best quality practices and standards that can be used to guide the development of program components for future research to address youths mental health needs of import to the team, patients, and community. 
 
Objective 3:
-       Pipeline to Proposal project team will develop a strategic plan and set of preliminary research questions and activities to address the stated needs.
 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
 

The Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP), part of the ASH Minority Recruitment Initiative, is an 8- to 12-week research experience for students from the United States and Canada in their early years of medical school. As part of this experience, students collaborate with an ASH member who serves as their research mentor. Program participants are also paired with an ASH member who serves as a career-development mentor throughout the participants' medical schooling and residency.

At the end of the research experience, students present their findings at the Promoting Minorities in Hematology Presentations at the ASH annual meeting. After the research year, the students remain involved with ASH throughout medical school and residency to keep them engaged in the study of hematology and to help them gain valuable knowledge in the field. In addition, students who participate in this program may apply to the program for a second summer research experience.
Application Deadline: March 7, 2016
Learn more here: http://www.hematology.org/Awards/Medical-Student/383.aspx

 
 
Are you a future physician? Do you have passion for biomedical research?
Each summer, the Office of Student Affairs/Diversity at MCW-Milwaukee offers its signature programs to promote diversity in the medical field and provide an exceptional gateway to clinical careers. MCW's summer enrichment programs are designed for students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in medicine and biomedical research.
AIM Program Dates: June 27 - August 5, 2016
ROADS Program Dates: June 20 - August 5, 2016
Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 5pm CST
 
Primary care medical, dental and mental/behavioral health clinicians can get up to $50,000 to repay their health profession student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to work at an approved NHSC site in a high-need, underserved area. The payment is free from Federal income tax and is made at the beginning of service so you can more quickly pay down your loans. Approved sites are located across the U.S., in both urban and rural areas.

Accepting applications through April 5, 7:30 p.m. ET
2016 Application and Program Guidance (PDF -401 KB) has the detailed information you need to apply. Please read carefully before you start your Loan Repayment Program application.

 

UPenn Visiting Clerkships for Underrepresented Minority Medical Students

Abstract: Rising forth year students are invited to apply for sub-internship or elective rotations in a number of specialties at either The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) or The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). Through this  opportunity, we hope to expose URM medical students to clinical and research opportunities at CHOP and HUP, foster an interest in academic medicine, and increase the diversity of our housestaff and, ultimately, our fellows and faculty. This experience will provide students with a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the great training programs offered at our institutions.

 Important highlights of the programs include:

  • Clerkship experiences in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery and Plastic Surgery
  • $1500 funding towards travel and housing
  • Mentorship from URM Attending Physicians & Faculty
  • Meetings with Residency Program Directors
  • Exposure to highly-competitive residency training programs
  • Opportunities to interact with URM residents and faculty at social and professional development events

Applications are now open and deadlines vary by program (earliest deadline is May 2016).  Interested students should write to somdiversityandinclusion@georgetown.edu for detailed program descriptions and application materials.
Students can also contact the following individuals for any questions about Clerkship programs:

 

The Office of Admissions at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School invites you to apply for the Summer Clinical Internship Program for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students interested in careers in medicine.
DATES: June 6, 2016 - July 15, 2016
REQUIREMENTS: Applicant must be at least a rising junior undergraduate or postbaccalaureate student.
DEADLINE for completion of an application is April 15, 2016. Due to the number of applicants, only accepted applicants will be notified of their acceptance by April 30, 2016.  There is no application fee.
To learn more, click here.

 

The goal of the 2016 ASTRO Minority Summer Fellowship Award is to introduce medical students from backgrounds that are under-represented in medicine to the discipline of radiation oncology early in their medical education. Medical students in all years are encouraged to apply, although preference will be given to first- and second-year students.

Two award winners will be chosen, and they will be introduced to the discipline of radiation oncology and exposed to clinical, basic and translational research questions. Each winner will receive:

  • A $2,500 stipend for an eight-week training program.
  • An additional $1,000 upon completion of a final report.
  • Another $1,000 to be applied toward attendance at the 2017 ASTRO Annual Meeting.

Please help us get the word out about this important opportunity. We have developed a promotional poster for you to download and post, or share with colleagues and students.

The application deadline is March 4, 2016. The eligibility requirements and the application form are available here.
 


OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

AAMC Mid-Career Minority Faculty Seminar

Call for Applications: Deadline March 31, 2016
In support of the development of GUMC minority faculty, the Office of Faculty & Academic Affairs is coordinating applications to attend the 2016 AAMC Mid-Career Minority Faculty Seminar.
To learn more, click here.
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