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To achieve a truly diverse and inclusive Feinberg, we need to focus on past and current issues we face in academia and medicine.

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Social 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.

Read the Report One Year Later

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.

NUTURE Program Website

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.

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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.

EXPLORE OUR STEM PROGRAMS

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Health Equity Week

The 3rd Annual Health Equity Week: Generating solutions through expert-level conversations, will take place February 27th - March 3rd. The in-person keynote address "Building the American Indian & Alaska Native Health Professional Workforce and Why That Matters" will be delivered by Nicole Stern, MD

Join us for this unique hybrid educational opportunity. The week will kick-off with a 1-hour, in-person lecture on Monday, followed by four 1-hour webinars Tuesday - Friday. Click here to view the full flyer.

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 he Life: Medical Sden Kai Brady

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.