Michigan State University Health Sciences — the colleges of Human Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Nursing, as well as MSU Health Care — are working together to increase diversity, equity and inclusion through curriculum transformation for students, the expansion of professional development opportunities for staff and ensuring inclusivity and fairness in promotion and tenure track of faculty.
Our work includes expanding summer bridge and pathway programs with the goal of supporting low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented first-year students; actively recruiting more diverse undergraduate students to participate in community-engaged learning experiences at MSU; and developing best practices for faculty, staff and students seeking to engage with diverse communities, including providing resources and guidance for researchers on conducting community-engaged research with diverse populations.
MSU Health Sciences is working with partners in Grand Rapids, East Lansing, Detroit and in rural areas across the state to expand health care research, training, and access for and with the communities that have been traditionally underserved. This includes partnerships to make cancer treatment more accessible thanks to partnerships with BAMF Health and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Greater Lansing and Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committees includes faculty and staff from across Michigan State University Health Sciences.
Norm Beauchamp - beauch66@msu.edu
Laura Kuczajda - kuczajda@msu.edu
Wanda Lipscomb - lipscom3@msu.edu
Lisa Lowery - lisa.lowery@helendevoschildrens.org
Marita Gilbert - gilbe160@msu.edu
Debalina Bandyopadhyay - bandyop4@msu.edu
Elizabeth Lyons - guerre21@msu.edu
Anissa Mattison - webste25@msu.edu
Krystal Owens - kowens@msu.edu
Mieka Smart - smartmie@msu.edu
Wayne McCullough - mccul161@msu.edu
Krista Walker - walk1025@msu.edu
Rebecca Shannon-Kortes - shanno61@msu.edu
Norm Hubbard – hubba180@msu.edu
Laura Kuczajda - kuczajda@msu.edu
Jabbar Bennett - jrb1619@msu.edu
William “Bill” Beekman - beekman@msu.edu
Jennifer Johnson - jjohns@msu.edu
Prabu David - pdavid@msu.edu
Rebecca Shannon-Kortes - shanno61@msu.edu
Nicole Szymczak nls@msu.edu
Norm Beauchamp - beauch66@msu.edu
Alexis Travis - travisa8@msu.edu