Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH NEJM Adaira Landry, MD MEd Alden Landry DEI Onyeka Otugo MD, MPH Nneka N. Ufere, MD MSCE Quentin Youmans, MD, MSc, FACC Linda Suleiman, MD, FAAOS Quinn Capers, IV Dr. Taison Bell Kimberly D. Manning, MD Edjah Nduom, MD (he/him) Continues throughout training well into P&T.

Being Black in a field where you are greatly outnumbered layers the toll of being hyper-visible for criticism & invisible for recognition/promotion. It’s a tightrope that leads to increased burnout, worse yet suicide, & has to change.

New in NEJM.

“Black residents training face ⬆️ rates of both remedial interventions & dismissal from their programs than do their White counterparts. This disproportionality raises concern that Black trainees are being overpoliced in medical education.”

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Great article by Onyeka Otugo MD, MPH aL'Ai alvarez, MD @adairalandryMD

As we celebrate Match week, let's remember how this process is leaving underrepresented young doctors out

🚨Who are likely to not match?
1. URiM
2. low-income URiM
3. female, low-income, URiM

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7 yrs ago I walked down a long hallway during my fellowship interview & saw framed headshots, awards, & book covers on the walls. I was so worried about the heavy lack of diversity. Today I saw an amazing colleague, Onyeka Otugo MD, MPH, featured on that same hallway. I was moved ya'll.

Excited to represent Carolinas Medical Center Emergency Medicine and the SNMA Strategic Planning Council at the The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Medical Education Conference. Valerie Pierre MD Onyeka Otugo MD, MPH Kristyn J. Smith, DO and I will be leading a round table discussion on navigating micro and macro aggressions. What tools have you used?

New publication alert! Check out my manuscript that highlights Intersectionality & Black girls in the social work curriculum #BlackGirlsMatter While it’s focused on social work, I think there are lots of strategies for other social science curriculums

tandfonline.com/eprint/A66YJUR…

Check out this awesome new fellowship program for #BlackWomenInMedicine started by Onyeka Otugo MD, MPH - lead on, ladies!

#Physiatry
#SheLeadsHealthcare
Julie Silver, MD Dr. O (Feranmi Okanlami, MD MS) Leana Wen, M.D. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD Tiffany Love, PhD DIVA DOCS BOSTON

“This analysis complicates the simple narrative that men are dying at greater rates of COVID-19 than women.'

Harvard's GenderSci Lab published the first study on COVID mortality that looks at race AND gender.

my latest for 19thnews

19thnews.org/2021/04/covid-…

Social factors influenced by structural gendered racism are key to the patterns of sex disparities revealed by the #COVID19 pandemic, not biological differences, write Tamara Rushovich and GenderSci Lab’s Sarah S. Richardson. trib.al/7gMlAiH

We are excited to invite you to the 16th Annual Harvard Kennedy School Black Policy Conference from Friday April 9th - Saturday April 10th, 2021. Register here: bit.ly/3tV5wq2. Check our website for more info: blackpolicyconference.com!

“In this article, we discuss strategies for coalition mobilisation in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.”BMJ Leader

Alister Martin Hazar Khidir MD Onyeka Otugo MD, MPH Andrew Marshall @JoanneCSuarez Wendy Macias-K MD

bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/…

Calling all BIPOC and female founders: Visible Hands is investing up to $200k and providing company-building support through our inaugural fellowship.

⏰Our application launch is ONE WEEK AWAY (3/29)⏰

Learn more or nominate candidates at visiblehands.vc.