HSDM Diversity and Inclusion Week: The Value of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Moving Forward to Build Community

Date: 

Mon - Fri, Sep 20 to Sep 24, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: 

Virtual and On-Site, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, REB Auditorium

Join us for a week-long series of engaging talks. Opening by HSDM Dean William V. Giannobile, DMSc96, PD96.

Thank you to Drs. Anne Koch and Allen Ali Nasseh, DMD, MMSc97, PD97 for their generous support of HSDM’s Diversity and Inclusion Week.

SCHEDULE:

Dr. Caswell A. Evans

IT’S NOT THE LION THAT TELLS THE STORY OF THE LION HUNT—REFLECTIONS ON RACE AND DIVERSITY

Monday, Sept. 20 | 12:00–1:00 PM (EDT)
Virtual lecture and streaming live in HSDM REB Auditorium

Dr. Caswell A. Evans, Emeritus Professor and past Associate Dean for Prevention and Public Health Sciences at University of Illinois, Chicago College of Dentistry, and faculty member at UIC School of Public Health

 

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Dr. Laurel Martinez

STRENGTHENING OUR ROOTS: HOW DIVERSITY INITIATIVES SHAPED MY CAREER PATH TO ENDODONTICS

Tuesday, Sept. 21 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM (EDT)
Virtual lecture and streaming live in HSDM REB Auditorium

Dr. Laurel Martinez, AM18, DMD18, Former HSDM DIB Ambassador and Resident in Endodontics, UCLA School of Dentistry

 

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Dr. Anne Koch

 

Dr. Ali Nasseh

WHEN A COLLEAGUE TRANSITIONS GENDER PART II: PERSPECTIVE AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY

Wednesday, Sept. 22 | 12:00–1:00 PM (EDT)
In-person lecture in HSDM REB Auditorim, simultaneously live-streamed online via Zoom

Dr. Anne Koch, founder and former Director of HSDM’s Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics and Microsurgery

Dr. Ali Nasseh, MMSc97, PD97, President and CEO for Real Word Endo® and HSDM Clinical Instructor and Lecturer

 

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Dr. Lonnie Norris

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING...LIVING THE EXPERIENCE

Thursday, Sept. 23 | 12:00–1:00 PM (EDT)
Virtual lecture and streaming live in HSDM REB Auditorium

Dr. Lonnie Norris, DMD76, MPH77, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

 

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Cheryl Andrews-Maltais

OUR CULTURE AND THE IMPACTS OF HISTORICAL TRAUMA

Friday, Sept. 24 | 12:00–1:00 PM (EDT)
In-person lecture in HSDM REB Auditorim, simultaneously live-streamed online via Zoom

Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah and former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

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See also: Diversity