What is the REACH initiative? A dedicated training program at #stanfordschoolofmedicine for a new generation of leaders in medicine and science who will actively promote equity and social justice while working to reduce society's devastating health disparities. #postbac

REACH would like to welcome our inaugural cohort into the REACH Postbaccalaureate program at Stanford Medicine. This group of bright scholars will be spending the next year collaborating with mentors on exciting research projects. #postbac #StanfordMedREACH #ScienceEducation

I want to encourage postdocs scholars from historically marginalized/excluded/underrepresented groups to apply for the NIH MOSAIC Grant. .@KennyGibbsPhD can answer questions you may have. nigms.nih.gov/training/caree…

I believe we can end cancer as we know it and even cure cancers once and for all.

Join Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stanford Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, Terrance Mayes and a host of others tackling health disparities and inequities at our Oct. 6 Advancing Health Equity symposium. Come in person or watch on livestream. #StanfordHealthEquity Register: stanford.io/3DK0GnE

It’s paper season! I’m happy to share our new paper titled ‘Enhancing Research Mentors’ Cultural Awareness in STEM: A Mentor Training Intervention’ in UI-STEM Research with my colleagues Angela Byars-Winston Chris Pfund and Ivan Cabrera understandinginterventionsjournal.org/article/36522-…

All hands on deck! #healthequity #jedi

#StanfordHealthEquity panelist Sherri Rose works to curb algorithm harms on health of marginalized groups; grew up low-income, uninsured & knows what it's like to forego ER or prescriptions. "We need more health policy research done by people who have lived through these gaps."

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Delighted to share book cover &interview re my new novel THE COVENANT OF WATER revealed by Hamilton Cain in Oprah Daily The novel will be out May 2023 oprahdaily.com/entertainment/… It has been a long time coming!

It was great connecting with friends, old and new. Such an enlightening and vulnerable discussion on our own humanity and that of others. I miss this!

The UC Postbacc Application is Open! Apply Here! health.ucdavis.edu/postbacc-conso…

You could be a #StanfordPropel Scholar! 📚 This #postdoc program is now accepting applications for it's next cohort. Don't delay this #newyears 🎉 resolution and start on your application today: propel.stanford.edu/apply/ #academictwitter

Reps. Sara Jacobs and Anna Eshoo Introduce Bill to Strengthen HIPAA in Post-Roe Era — The SAFER Health Act is endorsed by…Stanford Health Care, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. sarajacobs.house.gov/news/documents…

Heading back to UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Ctr ready for “good trouble” (as Rep. John Lewis would say) after connecting w other #diversity and #equity warriors at National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) DEI Director’s Forum 🙏🏽 Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD, FACS Terrance Mayes & whole NCCN team for organizing! Dr. Rob Winn Carmen Guerra @Dglansey

Happy ImmunoDiverse colloquia day! Today we will have our DEI Lecture from Dr. Terrance Mayes Terrance Mayes from Stanford University at 3pm PT time! Please register for this event, and join us in HSW300 or on zoom! #ImmunoDiverse eventbrite.com/e/third-annual…

Interested in joining our 3rd #postbac cohort - here are the important dates to remember! . . . #SaveTheDate #SaveTheDates #Stanfordpostbac #postbacc #postbaclife #applicationperiod #informationsession

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Have you worked to increase equity & inclusion in STEM? Apply to the 2023 Next Generation Faculty Symposium (berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com)! RT widely! (1/4) @CZBiohub Sarafan ChEM-H @StanfordBioE Stanford Bio-X

I encourage you to apply for the SCI-JEDI Pilot Seed Grant. The grant supports projects that make progress toward inclusive excellence at the Stanford Cancer Institute.stan.md/49P8IrS #CancerHealthEquity

Through the Racial Equity to Advance a Community of Health (REACH) Initiative, Terrance Mayes and his team are taking on health inequity—not just within Stanford Medicine but nationwide: momentum.stanford.edu/stories/healin…