2024-2025 Faculty Scholars in Health Equity

You are invited to apply to the Diversity Center of Excellence Faculty Scholars in Health Equity program.  The goal of this program is to generate a cadre of teaching faculty as institutional leaders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of curricula designed to improve the integration of training in health equity and cultural competence across the entire spectrum of medical education at WCM and the NewYork Presbyterian Hospital system.

We are now accepting applications from faculty of all ranks, who are involved in teaching medical students, residents, and/or fellows. We welcome applications from faculty of all Weill Cornell Medicine affiliated campuses (NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial Sloan Kettering).

The application deadline has been extended to April 22, 2024.

The objectives of the Faculty Scholars Program are to:

1. Provide education and training on leading, teaching and providing culturally responsive patient care in order to eliminate health disparities.
2. Develop knowledge and skills related to curricular design and innovation focused on enhancing the provision of culturally responsive care and on integrating health equity content into curricula.
3. Promote leadership and career development in medical education through scholarly productivity such as publications and leading training initiatives for health care providers at all stages of training and clinical practice.

The Scholars in Health Equity Program is a one-year faculty development program that begins with a half-day orientation in June 2024, followed by monthly two-hour didactic sessions between July 2024 through May 2025. All program participants are expected to attend the program orientation in June. Participants are expected to participate in at least 70% of the monthly education meetings consisting of in-person didactic sessions and some videoconferences. Throughout the program, all Scholars will be expected to work on a capstone project, an educational innovation project to develop, redesign, or evaluate curricula to enhance learning in health equity, the social determinants of health, and/or culturally responsive care. It is expected that the project will culminate in a proposal or publication in a scientific peer-reviewed journal. The Scholars will also be expected to present abstracts related to their capstone projects to the Cornell Center for Health Equity and Diversity Center of Excellence members in Spring 2025.

All interested faculty members should apply. All candidates must submit an online application that includes the following items:

• A completed application, which includes a statement of teaching philosophy
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Statement of interest
• Letter of Support (LOS) from their division or department chair (required)

• Please have all documents to submit at this link: https://weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3gbK1ebqAkJ27sO
• Application deadline is now April 22, 2024. On this date the applications will be closed.
• Applicants will be notified by end of April 2024.

For more information about the program, contact Dr. Gwendolyne A. Jack (gwj9003@med.cornell.edu). For more information about the application, contact Rosio Ramos (ror2023@med.cornell.edu).

 

GUIDE TO SUBMITTING ONLINE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Assemble the required materials:
   1. Application form—complete all sections
   2. Statement of Interest (instructions below, limit 2 pages)
   3. Curriculum Vitae
   4. Letter of Support (LOS) – from a supervising senior faculty member, Dean or Chair confirming their support for:
      1. rationale for the applicant’s attendance,
      2. release of time for your participation in all required activities and,
      3. commitment to implementing any resulting educational innovation(s)
2. Submit all materials by April 22, 2024, 11:59pm EST at https://weillcornell.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_afuPwDC2JzglwDc
3. For more information about the program, contact Dr. Gwendolyne A. Jack (gwj9003@med.cornell.edu).
   For any issues with the application, contact Rosio Ramos (ror2023@med.cornell.edu).

You can use the following template to complete and submit the online application seamlessly online.

2024-2025 Faculty Scholars in Health Equity Application (.docx)

Please note that the deadline has been extended to April 22, 2024!