UMass Chan Medical School
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Through consultation, regulation, education and collaboration, the Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office (DEOO) is a catalyst for an inclusive academic medical health sciences center comprised of a diverse faculty, staff and student body who possess the cultural competencies necessary to serve the people of the commonwealth and the world.

Co-Chairs: Philip Dilorio, PhD** Medicine Valerie Wedge, LICSW, CEAP** Employee Assistance Program MEMBERS: Jeroan Allison, MD Quantitative Health Sciences Gustavo Angaramo, MD Anesthesiology Amalene Cooper-Morgan, PhD, M.Phil Molecular Medicine Edith Cullen Contracts, Credentialing/Support Services Angela DiTerlizzi Information Services . Warren Ferguson, MD** Family Medicine and Community Health Karin Fitch Human Resources Paulette Goeden** Central Administration Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD Family Medicine and Community Health Mary Handley Contracts, Credentialing/Support Services Olga Hardy, MD Pediatrics Thomas Hopkins, LICSW, CEAP Employee Assistance Program Diego Illanes, MD OB/GYN Patricia Keith Gene Function & Expression Jason Kim, PhD Molecular Medicine Robert Layne, M.Ed. Outreach Programs-Worcester Pipeline Jose Lemos, PhD MaPS Pranoti Mandrekar, PhD** Medicine Abraham Ndiwane, EdD, RN** Graduate School of Nursing Benjamin Nwosu, MD Pediatrics Clara Orlando, JD CWM, Human Resources Susan Pasquale, PhD Family Medicine/Office of Faculty Affiars Lori Pbert, PhD** Preventive Behavioral Medicine Michele Pugnaire, MD Educational Affairs Muhammad Ramzan, MD Neurology Jaime Rivera, PhD Cell Biology Joyce Rosenfeld, MD Emergency Medicine Yvonne Shelton, MD Orthopedics Tatyana Shteinlukht, MD, PhD Psychiatry Joshua Singer, PhD MaPS Rosalie Torres-Stone, PhD Psychiatry-Family Medicine John Trobaugh Educational Affairs Jennifer Tseng, MD Surgery Naheed Usmani, MD Pediatrics Mark Vining, MD Pediatrics Douglas Rothkopf, MD Surgery Robert Woodland, PhD Microbiology and System MaPS Shelly Yarnie, MPH Office of Community Programs Ex-Officio Members Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD School Services Judith Ockene, PhD Preventive Behavioral Medicine Luanne Thorndyke, MD, FACP Office of Faculty Affairs Byron Dean Diversity Office/UMass Memorial Diversity and Equal Opportunity Staff Deborah L. Plummer, PhD Marlene S. Tucker Bonnie Bray Fernanda Gama Nellie P. Toney

Diversity is inherent in University of Massachusetts Medical School’s mission to advance the health and well-being of the people of the Commonwealth and the world through pioneering education, research and health care delivery. As an institution, we are preparing tomorrow’s physicians, nurses and scientists to serve and relate to a multicultural society by increasing representation of minorities and women in student, faculty and staff positions, improving the cultural competence of our workforce through diversity education, and building an inclusive culture where we learn from our differences.

To insure issues relating to diversity and equal opportunity are addressed accordingly at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.