Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Activities
Our department supports diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts by facilitating events centered on communication and the development of collaboration and community. In addition, members of our community participate in mentoring programs for researchers at diverse career stages and from different backgrounds, in addition to a broad range of campus organizations.
Additional diversity education and mentoring initiatives that department members are actively involved in:
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Stanford Biosciences ADVANCE Summer Institute, which helps to jump start incoming students from underserved backgrounds as they enter graduate school
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Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP) — AMGEN Scholars Program, which hosts underrepresented undergraduates for research experiences at Stanford
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Stanford Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Science and Medicine (PRISM), which aims to increase the diversity of postdoctoral scholars
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1st Generation Mentorship Program, which supports students from backgrounds with less experience in higher education
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Solidarity, Leadership, Inclusion, Diversity (SoLID) Mentorship Program, where faculty guide students on issues that may be largely outside of their research
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Stanford Preview Day, where faculty guide underrepresented undergraduate sophomores and juniors in graduate school admissions and the graduate school experience
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Summer internships in the department for high-school student researchers
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Stanford SPLASH, where students in grades 8-12 come to Stanford for two-days of classes developed and taught by Stanford students and postdocs
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Stanford at the Tech, a program open to members of any biology department where students and postdocs run science experiments for children at the Tech Interactive in San Jose as well as answer science-related questions for the “Ask a Geneticist” blog
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Science Pen Pals, a pen pal program between Stanford graduate students and postdocs and students from underprivileged high schools to encourage interest in science in underrepresented groups
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SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference, which department faculty attend to help minority students access graduate opportunities
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Biomedical Association for the Interest of Minority Students (BioAIMS)
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Chicano/Latino Graduate Students Association (CLGSA) and Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
Other campus communities that department members are a part of:
Other campus communities that department members are a part of:
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Biomedical Association for the Interest of Minority Students (BioAIMS)
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Chicano/Latino Graduate Students Association (CLGSA) and Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)