Source: Stanford Medicine
The recently announced 2024 Chair Diversity Investigator Awards went to four projects, ranging in subject from bridging gaps in maternal cardiovascular health to interventions for food insecurity. These awards, now in their fourth year, seek to “support research that addresses health inequity, social determinants of health, cultural competence, outcomes improvement, and health system access/utilization for racial, and ethnic, and sexual and gender minorities, among many other possibilities.” Recipients are awarded grants of $50,000 to be spent over two years, and will present their findings during future medical grand rounds.
Interim Department of Medicine Chair Yvonne “Bonnie” Maldonado, MD, thanked the awardees for their excellent proposals, saying “Your selection reflects well on your accomplishments and promise and echoes the enthusiasm shared by the committee. We look forward to having you present your research findings to the Stanford community and to wider audiences.”
Meet the Recipients
Joyce Nyaucha Njoroge, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Bridging the Gaps in Cardiovascular Complications of Pregnancy within Underserved Populations: Improving Quality of Maternal Health
Christine Santiago, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine
Bridging the Gap: Community-Based Interventions for Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes in Hospitalized Diabetic Patients
Parveen Shiraz, MD, Instructor, Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Receptor Engineered and Activated Natural Killer cells to Eliminate Health Care Disparity in Myeloid Malignancies
Samantha Wang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine
Investigating Inequities in Career Advancement and Leadership among Asian Faculty Across US Medical Schools
Meet the Chair of Diversity and Senior Associate Dean
Yvonne Maldonado
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY, TAUBE PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS (INFECTIOUS DISEASES) AND OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH
Pediatrics – Infectious Diseases
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