“Welcome to Feinberg” Reception 2025: OHE Greets New Students
In August, the Office of Health Equity (OHE) welcomed new students from Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, the Physician Assistant Program, Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences, MD Education, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN), and the Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling.
Quentin Youmans, MD,MSc, Director of Pathway Programs and Student Support, opened the program with reflections on health equity and introduced OHE’s mission to advance healthcare and improve health for all people.
James Gunn, MMS, PA-C, Director of the Physician Assistant Program; Tobey Yeates, DPT, Associate Chair for Health Equity in the department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences; and Jonathan Moreira, MD, Director of Community Partnerships & Outreach at OHE, encouraged students to see themselves as future leaders committed to breaking down barriers and addressing health disparities.
The event introduced students to OHE’s work and its impact, highlighting opportunities to engage with initiatives that shape equitable medical education, research, and care.
This annual reception set the tone for a year of programming focused on collaboration, mentorship, and purposeful action toward health equity.
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