Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor of academic diversity within the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, stands in his lab talking to one of his student lab assistants who is seated. Both are wearing a lab coat and lab goggles.

UC Davis Awarded NIH Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Prize

  • by Sarah Colwell

University of California, Davis was one of only 10 universities in the U.S. to recently be recognized with an Institutional Excellence in DEIA in Biomedical and Behavioral Research Prize Competition from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The acknowledgement, which comes with a $100,000 prize, was awarded to a select few post-secondary institutions for “implementing strategies to enhance DEIA in research environments.”

Brandee Waite delivers keynote to audience

Office of Student and Resident Diversity's Closing Ceremony

  • by Nancy Galindo

On Friday, June 3rd, the Office of Student and Resident Diversity (OSRD) celebrated with a Closing Ceremony to honor the 2022 cohorts in the Medical School Preparatory Enhancement Program (MSPEP) and the Post-Baccalaureate Program. The keynote speech was delivered by Dr. Brandee L. Waite, PM&R Sports Medicine Section Chief and Fellowship Director and Co-Director of UCD Health Sports Medicine.

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