To achieve a truly diverse and inclusive Feinberg, we need to focus on past and current issues we face in academia and medicine.
View Our VideoSocial Justice at Feinberg
Read the report on social justice initiatives at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, including recommendations from four advisory groups comprised of faculty, staff, trainees, and students.
NUTURE Program
The Northwestern University Recruitment to Transform Under-Representation and achieve Equity (NURTURE) Program seeks to accelerate institutional culture change toward inclusive excellence through innovative institutional initiatives in hiring, mentoring, promotion and tenure, evaluation, and institutional accountability to ensure that all faculty can thrive.
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, McCormick School of Engineering, and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences invite applications from early-career scientists to tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking exceptional candidates from all disciplines with expertise in any of the following research areas: Cancer, Cardiovascular, and Brain, Mind, and Behavior.
Women in Medicine
Women make up over half of our medical students and trainees; lead over $200 million in funded research and represent over 100 senior leaders at Feinberg. Learn more about the contribution of women at our medical school: those trailblazers of the past; the chairs, chiefs and investigators of today; and the trainees and students who are developing into medicine’s future leaders.
Youth Programs
Pathway Programs to Medicine
With support and mentorship from Northwestern University's world-class faculty and talented trainees in science and medicine, young learners from communities traditionally underrepresented in medicine can explore their interests and gain valuable experience in classrooms, laboratories and even hospitals and clinics.
Happening in ODI
NIH MOSIAC Awards
Congratulations to Northwestern postdocs: Booker Davis IV (Dept. of Surgery) and Ewa Bomba-Warczak (Dept. of Neurology) for their NIH MOSAIC awards! The award is part of the NIH's efforts to enhance diversity within the biomedical field and is designed to facilitate the transition of promising postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds into independent, tenure-track or equivalent research-intensive faculty positions.
NIH awards only about 30-40 MOSAIC grants each year nationwide, therefore it's quite a recognition for Northwestern and our postdoctoral fellow community.
A Day in the Life: Medical Student Kai Brady
Meet Kai Brady, a second-year MD student at Feinberg School of Medicine, and get a look at a typical day during this phase of her medical school career.
Day in the Life with Kai Brady
We are the Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Learn more about the mission and vision of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Changing the Face of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Office of Diversity and Inclusion has taken a decidedly intentional and unapologetic approach to Diversity & Inclusion in Medicine and Science. Our mission: “to change the face of medicine.” We intend to change the face of medicine and through Diversity—especially diversity of thought—we will enable all of the potential available to elevate Feinberg to an even higher tier of excellence.
Poet Amanda Gorman reads 'The Hill We Climb'
Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recites "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20th.
#EndTheDisparity
Only 5.8% of all US physicians are Latinx. Be the change to help #EndTheDisparity.
The Daniel Hale Williams Society
The Daniel Hale Williams Society, created in 2018, focuses on the recruitment of African-American males into the medical profession through proactive identification of students, mentoring and encouragement, scholarships and more. It honors Feinberg's first African-American graduate and faculty member, and one of the most noteworthy physicians of the 20th century.
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