The National Institutes of Health has issued its Fiscal Years 2023-2027 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA). Harmonized with the 2021-2025 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan, the plan articulates NIH's commitment to embracing, strengthening, and integrating DEIA across all agency activities. The plan will guide actions across the agency in a transparent and accountable manner to achieve NIH's vision of being a people-centered organization where all feel a sense of belonging when advancing the NIH mission.
The plan organizes NIH's DEIA priorities in three key areas or objectives to address DEIA in NIH's operations, its workforce, and in the research it supports. Across all these priorities, NIH emphasizes three crosscutting themes-promoting transparency, communication, and engagement; fostering sustainable change; and harnessing data.
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There is a lot in this plan, and it is worth taking the time to read it. Looking forward to comments about how the NIH plan supports the work of the AAMC and its members - and vice versa!
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Lloyd Michener, MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Duke School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Public Health Leadership, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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