Heersinkn School of Medicine creates an environment where minorities in medicine choose to be by:
- Cultivating an environment that supports and encourages the professional development of minorities
in medicine in their chosen medical field.
- Actively recruiting minority faculty members, as excellence is cultivated through gleaning insight and expertise from a wide range of cultural and personal perspectives.
- Promoting the retention and advancement of tenure-track minorities in medical science.
- Providing mentoring and career support for junior faculty members.
- Identifying possible barriers to the advancement of minorities in academic medicine and developing effective strategies to combat them.
The late Dr. Levi Watkins, pioneering heart surgeon and civil rights proponent, speaks at the Heersink School of Medicine about minorities in medicine:
A Conversation with Dr. Levi Watkins from Heersink School of Medicine on Vimeo.