BU Clinical Diversity Committee

01/17/2019

Thanks to everyone who came out to our ADDRESSING/Cultural Framework potluck yesterday! What a great time sharing a meal and music together while learning about different aspects of each others’ backgrounds.

Stay tuned for more awesome events this semester, including an awesome workshop sometime in May!

10/15/2018

Be sure to join us for diversity case presentations from upper year students, coffee, and snacks in room 255 on Wednesday, October 17, from 1-2 pm!

Please RSVP to Emma Weizenbaum at eweizen@bu.edu if you plan to attend!

05/30/2018

Thank you so much to Dr. Hayes-Skelton and her student, Bryan Balvaneda, for coming to BU last week to lead a workshop on the ADDRESSING framework. We are grateful for you helping us on the journey to being more culturally humble clinicians and scientists!

03/20/2018

For many blacks,

03/14/2018

Thanks so much to Emma and Joseph for leading a great event today that was very informative and full of applied tips!! 👏👏

02/21/2018

Thanks so much to Amantia and Clair for hosting last week’s discussion about culturally-informed treatments! What a great time to talk about the literature and real-life experiences treating diverse patients!

02/09/2018

Next Wednesday, 2/14 from 1:30- 2:30 in rm. 608, Clair and I will review two paper that cover guidelines for culturally adapting evidence-based treatments for clinicians. We will also discuss diverse cases where we succeeded and failed (sometimes miserably) at following these guidelines. Please bring questions and your own examples for an open discussion following our presentations! Poster is below. Also, there might be cupcakes and Valentine day candy so come join us!

02/01/2018

SOCIETY FOR A SCIENCE OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
DIVERSITY SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Monnica Williams (Last semester's speaker)

Quick read of an interview with Dr. Williams by the Div-12 Diversity Committee

https://www.div12.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Diversity-Spotlight_Monnica-Williams_v21.pdf

01/31/2018

Global burden of Years Lived with Disability. Take a look at the mental health slice of the pie 👀

12/01/2017

11/17/2017

They are given a platform for their ideas, even when it is clear that the ideas don’t measure up.

11/16/2017

http://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/you-re-in-the-wrong-bathroom-and-20-other-myths-about-transgender-and-gender-nonconforming-people

Bringing together the medical, social, psychological, and political aspects of being trans in the United States today, “You’re in the Wrong Bathroom!”: And 20 Other Myths About Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming People unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender a...

11/16/2017

http://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/cambridge-speaks-community-health-discussion-on-mental-health-and-racial-equity

Cambridge Speaks is a public health strategy designed to share information about mental health and racial equity in Cambridge that was collected last spring as part of an assessment conducted by the community coalition Community Health Network Area 17 (CHNA17). CHNA17’s goal was to better understand...

11/15/2017

Here are the notes from the Gender in Clinical Sciences discussion hosted by Lydia and Allie! Best of luck at ABCT!

11/14/2017

Awesome presentation and discussion about gender equality in the clinical science with by own Allie and Lyida! Good luck facilitating your panel at ABCT this week!