Inclusive excellence
We seek to build a culture of inclusive excellence at Harvard Chan School by building on a framework first developed by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
As outlined in our Strategic Plan and our Implementation Plan, we have focused on three core areas: Leadership and institutional systems; learning culture; and the diversity of our people and their success.
To learn more about specific programs and initiatives, please see our Strategic Plan for more details, and review our past annual reports.
Our initiatives include, but are not limited to:
- Collaboration with academic departments to build EDIB strategies
- Professional development, including leadership workshops
- Regular convenings for our Bias Response Team
- Learning programs to help community leaders across Boston implement a public health lens into their organizational activities
- Summer research programs intended to introduce undergraduate students to the public health profession and research
- Campus engagement around Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery report
- Unconscious bias training for student application reviewers, faculty search committees, and staff hiring managers
- Annual Yerby and Hopkins lectures to raise awareness of public health issues among historically marginalized populations
Our commitment
Our vision for diversity, equity, and belonging requires active engagement with colleagues across the School and with partners throughout the broader community. We have laid out three guiding principles for this work:
Read archived annual reports here.
