Welcome to the Office of Diversity at the
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
The HSC’s commitment to addressing health and educational disparities is
evidenced by the creation of HSC-wide Office of Diversity (OoD) whose
mission is to promote ethnic, racial, socio-economic, gender, and geographic
diversity in the Health Sciences, and to create opportunities to address the
health disparities that affect all New Mexicans.
The OoD, directed by the Vice Chancellor
for HSC Diversity, is responsible for a full panoply of programs addressing
faculty diversity, linguistic and cultural competence, K-20 educational
pipeline, research data and analyses, family involvement/community
engagement, and leadership on issues of inclusion and equity.
Welcome video put together by participants of the 2011
HEALTH NM Programs for Summer graduation celebration
Functions of the Office of Diversity
Recruit students to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Enhance student academic performance
Lead in the development and implementation of a culturally competent curriculum
Encourage culturally-relevant research
Provide a forum for discussing issues concerning historically underrepresented and
disadvantaged populations
Collaborate with UNM Health Sciences Center and NM communities to promote awareness of health disparities, cultural diversity and educational pipelines
Lead in the outreach, recruitment, and admissions for the Combined BA/MD Degree
Program.
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2011 Program Graduation photos
Congratulations to our 2011 Diversity Award winners, Dr.'s Jessica Bryant and
Levi Maes!!
Office of Diversity coordinates the flagship educational pipeline for the
University of New Mexico for New Mexico students interested in health
professions. These programs in the past were funded through a federal grant
from the Department of Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),
Health Careers Opportunity Programs (HCOP) and are currently funded by the
UNM School of Medicine. The educational pipeline begins at the middle school
level and continues to medical school and includes:
In addition to coordinating the educational pipeline programs, the
Office of Diversity also provides medical students with several student
support services. These services are for all School of Medicine department
students and include:
The new AspiringDocs.org Student Voices project gives you an opportunity to hear from minority
medical students in a unique format.
Paul Todd Anagale, Donovan Williams, and Naomi Jean-Young, three Native American medical
students, share their personal thoughts on a few questions important to minority medical
students and aspiring docs alike.
