In honor of Diversity Month, we are pleased to host the first annual CHOP Diversity Symposium. This is a time for the research community to come together and reflect on the importance of diversity, and to highlight opportunities to make science more diverse, equitable, and accessible to all.
“Gaslighting in the Academy: Actually Making Black Lives Matter”
This year’s theme is Striving for Equity in STEM and our inaugural speaker is Manu Platt, PhD. Dr. Platt received his BS in Biology from Morehouse College in 2001 and his PhD from the Georgia Tech and Emory joint program in biomedical engineering in 2006. He finished his postdoctoral training at MIT in orthopedic tissue engineering and systems biology prior to returning to Georgia Tech and Emory in the joint department of Biomedical Engineering in 2009, where he is currently a tenured professor.
Dr. Platt’s research program focuses on areas of health disparities in the US, but also of global concern including pediatric strokes in sickle cell disease, personalized and predictive medicine for breast cancer, and HIV-mediated cardiovascular disease. Integrated with his research program are his mentoring goals of changing the look of the next generation of scientists and engineers to include all colors, genders, and backgrounds. Dr. Platt will address systemic barriers impeding underrepresented minorities in STEM, and discuss methods to counteract the overt and implicit barriers contributing to this phenomenon. Dr. Platt’s research program focuses on areas of health disparities in the US, but also of global concern including pediatric strokes in sickle cell disease, personalized and predictive medicine for breast cancer, and HIV-mediated cardiovascular disease.
Integrated with his research program are his mentoring goals of changing the look of the next generation of scientists and engineers to include all colors, genders, and backgrounds. Dr. Platt will address systemic barriers impeding underrepresented minorities in STEM, and discuss methods to counteract the overt and implicit barriers contributing to this phenomenon. Learn more by clicking on the flyer or emailing us at academicdiversity@chop.edu.
This event is co-sponsored by Postdocs for Diversity in Science and the Office of Academic Training and Outreach Programs.
