Welcome to the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity. Together, we seek to further our mission to cultivate all perspectives, understand each patient, collaborate with our community and create health equity.
Our Mission
To provide content expertise and programmatic support to institutional leadership and to recruit, promote, retain, and engage those underrepresented in medicine, science, nursing, and healthcare administration so that we can achieve health equity for the most vulnerable populations.
Our Vision
We envision a Johns Hopkins Medicine where diversity, equity, and inclusion are in our DNA, and where together we commit to:
- Embracing and celebrating our differences
- Educating and developing our staff and learners
- Engaging in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices
JHM Equity Statement
The JHM Equity Statement reflects our effort to create a safe work and learning environment where we embody respect and collegiality for our colleagues, patients and community. View the Equity Statement video
Announcements from the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity
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Join the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity in recognizing the 7th annual Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17. Our colleagues at Sibley Memorial Hospital have planned an exciting week of education, awareness, and community-building activities in support of the movement to improve Black maternal health outcomes. View the 2024 BMHW Toolkit (hopkinsmedicine.org).
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We are need volunteers for our JHM information booths in June. Volunteers can help with setup and breakdown, and pass out information and giveaways during the festivals. Use the link to sign up, and you will get a free T-shirt to wear to the event. Sign up by April 26 to ensure T-shirts are ordered in time.
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The Achievers Award Program recognizes and highlights underrepresented minorities across Johns Hopkins Medicine who exemplify excellence and exhibit our Johns Hopkins Medicine core values. Nominate a deserving colleague for an Achievers Award in honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month (June). The deadline to nominate is April 26.
Award recipients will be profiled on the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity website, in JHM Link and at a signature employee resource group event.
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The purpose of our annual reports is to summarize in one location the progress on the diversity, inclusion, and health equity strategic plan each year. It also provides a resources for us to communicate our accomplishments to our internal and external community.
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At Johns Hopkins Medicine, inclusive and equitable access to medical care and health information is a core value of our institution. Our care teams are working with community partners to give vaccines to our most vulnerable eligible residents, to provide access to COVID-19 testing, and to educate and inform our communities hardest hit by this pandemic
- Johns Hopkins Covid-19 Resources
- Video: COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Playlist on YouTube
- Video People of Color and COVID-19: Addressing Health Disparities and Vaccine Equity
- Center for American Indian Health: COVID-19 Resources for Native American Communities
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To achieve JHM's mission, we must create a culture where diversity and inclusion are in our DNA. We must embrace and celebrate our differences; recruit, educate and develop our staff and learners; and engage in equitable health care delivery and workforce practices. The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity has created a comprehensive Strategic Plan that will help our organization further support the well-being of our people and communities, push the boundaries of science and education, aim for precision in everything we do and improve the quality and affordability of health care.
View this introductory video for our 2023 Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Strategic Plan
View a video overview of the Diversity and Inclusion - Innovation Roadmap 2023 Strategic Plan
2023 MLK Day of Service
On January 20, 2023, JHM resumed our annual MLK Day of Service with roughly 235 Hopkins members volunteer at 17 local charities. Our appreciation to those who took the time to support these organizations. Learn more about the organizations we partnered with this year and view pictures of volunteers at work. Please continue to support these organizations' efforts in the community. #HopkinsBetterTogether
Managing Crucial Conversations
These sessions were held for managers and leadership to offer strategies on how to manage emotionally charged conversations resulting from the 2020 social unrest, racial dialogues and election. This is a recording of one of the sessions as well as a compilation of Q&A from the three sessions.
