December 7, 2023
Dr. Jodie Guest
Dr. Guest represented Emory University as the Director of the 2019 National LGBTQ Health Conference. The national conference was held at Emory University which provided an avenue for interdisciplinary submissions and presentations among the Emory faculty. She works tirelessly to promote health education and research efforts concerning LGBTQ issues and inequities.
She is a research professor in the Programs, Research, and Innovation in Sexual Minority Health (PRISM), is a frequent invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences for her expertise in HIV research, has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, and has been the investigator on more than 50 HIV-related research projects.
As a volunteer with the Emory Farmworker Project, she wanted to increase awareness of the health inequalities, discrimination, and social injustices that migrant farmworkers face each day. So, she founded the Teen Corp, a youth medical and philanthropic organization that she brings to volunteer at the SGFHP each summer. Many of the Teen Corp members have gone on the work in the medical or public health fields and are directly contributing to the improved health outcomes of this vulnerable and underserved population.
Previous DEI Grand Rounds
Speaker
Lawson Marcewicz, MD
Assistant Professor, Emory School of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine
"Achieving Health Equity in Diabetes: System, Community, and Policy Interventions"
December 5, 2022
Speaker
Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS
Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Vice President and Chief Diversity Office for Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Dr. Sherita Hill Golden is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She holds joint appointments in the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and in the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. An internationally recognized physician-scientist and member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and American Association of Physicians, Dr. Golden’s research has used the tools of epidemiology and health services research to identify biological and systems contributors to disparities in type 2 diabetes and its outcomes. In order to more directly address the root causes of health inequities identified through her research, Dr. Golden has used her executive leadership roles to develop systems, community, and policy interventions. As inaugural Executive Vice-Chair of the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2015-2019), she launched a department-wide civic engagement initiative, resulting in programs that addressed community-related concerns and enhanced employee engagement following Baltimore’s civil unrest surrounding the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. In her current role as Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine, she oversees diversity, inclusion, and health equity strategy and operations for the School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System. She has executed the implementation of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards, staff training for accurate collection of self-identified patient demographic data, a system-wide policy prohibiting patient discrimination toward employees and trainees, and a system-wide unconscious bias and anti-racism train-the-trainer program.
“Disparities in Patients with Limited English Proficiencies.”
August 1, 2022
Speaker
Ildemaro J. González, MBA
Emory Healthcare's Chief Executive Officer for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Mr. González received his MBA from Georgia State University and his BS in business administration from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela. He joined Emory Healthcare in 2021 from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served as vice president and chief inclusion & diversity officer. In this role, he led the development and implementation of Dana-Farber’s $50 million diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment and overall strategy to impact the institute's research, clinical care, people, and community priorities. Prior to that, González led his own consulting practice, was the inaugural vice president, chief inclusion and diversity officer for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas, and held DEI leadership roles at Newell Rubbermaid and the American Cancer Society.