Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Learn how to understand people's cultures, promote engagement with others, and build strong, diverse communities.

Diversity Dialogue Webinars are one of the most popular programs in which a different nationally-renowned speaker discusses a topic of pressing concern in health care

Amid nationwide unrest, deep distrust, and renewal of long-ignored calls for systemic change, how do we mobilize efforts to create a society in which the color of your skin is not the difference between life and death?

The Race and Medicine collection reflects NEJM’s commitment to understanding and combating racism as a public health and human rights crisis.

The mission of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is to convene researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice.

Translating theory into action and practical approaches can be challenging. Prevention Institute's tools guide practitioners, advocates, community groups, and policymakers in planning and implementing collaborative, effective prevention strategies to create safer, healthier, and more equitable communities.

Across the nation, Americans are calling for action to end police brutality and longstanding racial injustice in the midst of a global pandemic that is disproportionately impacting minorities and other vulnerable communities the hardest. Research in social science, medicine, and other fields can shed light on the factors that drive systemic racial inequities — not only in society at large, but also within the sciences, engineering, and medicine — with the goal of finding solutions based on evidence. A range of studies, webinars, and other activities at the National Academies have explored this research, some of which are highlighted here.