November 27, 2023

What you will learn in this week's RYSE edition of the Bulletin: 

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RYSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

In Case You Missed It: RYSE Fellowship Applicant Experience

This year marks the fourth annual RYSE Fellowship Applicant Experience (#RYSEFAX23), a special meet and greet that offers fellowship applicants a unique glimpse of Emory’s culture, allowing them to speak with current fellows and faculty and hear about the ongoing commitment to diversity in Emory’s Department of Medicine. Thank you to everyone who attended!

Emory School of Medicine students receive the
Biosense Webster Scholarship

Emory Trust Line: Speak Up Safely 

Concerns can be submitted by calling 888-550-8850, visiting the Emory Trust Line website, or scanning the QR code on the flyers across campus. 

Your anonymous report is managed by a third-party vendor. You are also welcome to report your concerns directly to a supervisor, any senior administrator, or related offices. 

Black History Month: School of Medicine call
for faculty and staff nominations

To acknowledge the diversity of our community, the SOM recognizes affinity months to promote sharing, awareness and learning. Here, we recognize and celebrate our faculty and staff from underrepresented groups by hearing their stories and experiences. In the month of February, we will recognize Black History Month. Submit a nomination by Thursday, February 1 to be considered.

Become an Affinity Group Member or Ally

SOM Affinity Groups offer an opportunity for faculty to engage and network with their colleagues from similar cultural and/or underrepresented groups in events and activities ranging from professional development to cultural celebrations. Our current faculty affinity groups include: 

• Asian American and Pacific Islander Medical Faculty Affinity Group
• African American Women Collaborative Faculty Affinity Group 
• LGBTQ+ Faculty Affinity Group 
• Latina/o/x Faculty Affinity Group 
• Emory Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science (EAWiMS)

National Native American Heritage Month 

National Native American Heritage Month is celebrated in the month of November. In celebration of the diversity of our community, as well as promoting awareness and learning, we have compiled the stories and experiences of some of our faculty and staff. 
View this month's recognition feature.

Americans - Virtual Exhibit National Museum of the American Indian
Americans highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began. It will surround visitors with images, delve into the three stories, and invite them to begin a conversation about why this phenomenon exists.

Pervasive, powerful, at times demeaning, the images, names, and stories reveal the deep connection between Americans and American Indians as well as how Indians have been embedded in unexpected ways in the history, pop culture, and identity of the United States.

Dialogue Toolkit for Educators
Visit virtual exhibit.

DEI Events 

URiM Faculty Program Graduation
Join us on December 5, 2023, at the Kimpton Shane Hotel from 5 to 8 p.m. to celebrate our program graduates.

A Racial Healing Circle is an opportunity for people from all backgrounds to come together and establish connections through our shared humanity. It is a safe, brave, and responsible space where people recognize they have more in common than different. The circle experience is a place where your story is seen, heard, and valued.

DEI PUBLICATIONS

• Stan Sonu, MD: Evaluating the Performance of the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) in a Trauma-Exposed, Socioeconomically Vulnerable Patient Population
• Saria Hassan, MD: Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
• Tracey Henry, MD: Rising Racial Disparities in Opioid Mortality and Undertreatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Comorbidities in Virginia
• Michael Saenger, MD: The Association Between Racialized Discrimination in Health Care and Pain Among Black Patients With Mental Health Diagnoses
•  Francois Rollin, MD: Racism, not race, impacts surgical outcomes

DOM ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dr. Dhaval Desai shares the toll of Covid on healthcare workers in his new book, "Burning Out on the COVID Front Lines"

Congratulations to DOM faculty member, Dhaval Desai, MD (Hospital Medicine) on his new book, "Burning Out on the COVID Front Lines: A Doctor’s Memoir of Fatherhood, Race and Perseverance in the Pandemic."  Dr. Desai, MD, offers an honest account of his life, his work, and his state of mind and well-being from March 9, 2020, when he returned. after a ten-day paternity leave, to his job at a large Atlanta hospital, through nearly three years of unprecedented chaos. As a frontline physician and healthcare leader, a devoted father to a “pandemic baby,” and a member of an ethnic minority in the South, Dr. Desai shares his unique perspective on the importance of refuting misinformation, reinforcing compassion for all patients, prioritizing self-care for healthcare providers, overcoming stigmas related to race, gender, and mental health, and restoring the public’s trust in the medical community.

Find this book online and/or at local bookstores! All proceeds will be donated to the Lorna Breen Foundation, which serves to reduce burnout among healthcare workers. 

Weekly Medicine Grand Rounds, Every Tuesday at noon

All upcoming sessions will be hosted on Zoom, and recordings will be available on the DOM YouTube channel for CME credits. 

2023 Holiday Toy Fundraiser

STAFF NEWS

Check out the latest list of open staff jobs within the DOM. See a job you are interested in or know someone who would be a good fit? Click the job title below to read the full description and apply. Be sure to follow the DOM LinkedIn page to stay up-to-date on the latest job openings!

• Clinical Research Coordinator II - School of Medicine: Cardiology  
• Clinical Trials Regulatory Specialist II - School of Medicine Pulmonary  

• Program Coordinator - Diversity & HR Initiatives   

• Senior Associate Director, Programs - School of Medicine, Immunology  

• Senior Financial Analyst, School of Medicine 

DOM EVENTS

SCDP Echo Session: A Case of Dengue Fever *New*
November 30 | 11 a.m.–noon | Zoom

Virtual Racial Healing Circle  *New*
December 7 | 1–2:30 p.m. | Virtual

Promotion Readiness Session   
December 7 | 5:30–7:30 p.m. | Zoom

Farewell Toast for Dr. Jeff Sands 
December 7 |  5:30–7 p.m. | School of Medicine Lobby

How to Incorporate Sex and Gender as Variables in Your Research 
December 13 | 10 a.m.–3:15 p.m. | Zoom 

EDDI Seminar Series: Stacey Huppert, PhD- hosted by Emory Peds/GI T32 
December 14 | 4–5 p.m. | Whitehead Auditorium

DOM Faculty Development's Mentoring Workshop   
February 9, 2024 | 8 a.m.–noon | WMB Room 1109

IN THE NEWS

Recent Department of Medicine News

• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An Emory doctor’s memoir shares the chaos and heartache during COVID-19 (Dhaval Desai featured)

• Becker’s Hospital Review: The 15 hospitals with more than 5 Magnet designations (Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital featured)

• The Guardian: Despite decades of promises, health research still overlooks women (Nanette Wenger quoted) 

• McKnights Long-Term Care News: Almost half of US veterans had long COVID symptoms up to 6 months after infection, study finds (Emory University research featured)

• Naked Scientists: Faeces and phages: Moulding the microbiome (Michael Woodworth interviewed)

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