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We acknowledge and celebrate the countless women who have advocated for equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout the years at UVA Health — moving us forward in our bold vision “to be the nation’s leading public academic health system and a best place to work — while transforming patient care, research, education, and engagement with the diverse communities we serve.”

This year’s, the Women’s History Month theme, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion,” recognizes women who understand that — for a positive future — we need to eliminate bias and discrimination from our lives and institutions.

The UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement welcomes team members to join on-site and virtual events this March featuring women who are committed to embracing everyone — and excluding no one — in our common quest for freedom, and Health and Hope for All. Save the dates below; more details to come:

• UVA Health Storytellers Featuring Kimberley Barker | Wednesday, March 6 | Noon-1 p.m. | Zoom registration | Melody M. Pannell, MSW, M.Div., MACE, Director of Diversity and Community Engagement, UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement, speaks with Kimberley Barker, MLIS, Librarian for Belonging and Community Engagement at UVA Health’s Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.
  
  
• UVA School of Medicine Student Stories: A Panel Discussion | Thursday, March 7 | 7-8 p.m. | Zoom registration | Exceptional student leaders share their educational journeys, aspirations, and experiences navigating their way into medical and doctoral programs. Panelists include Kendall Bromley, PhD student, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics; Hirra Chaudhary, medical student; Dana May, PhD student, Neuroscience Graduate Program, and Laiba Murad, medical student. Sponsored by UVA School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement.
  
  
• International Women’s Day Panel | Friday, March 8 | Noon | Zoom registration | Justice, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) strategists Kamilla Esfahani, MD, Ifeyinwa Obiorah, MD, PhD, and Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, share how they inspire inclusion. Moderated by Melody M. Pannell, MSW, M.Div., Director of Diversity and Community Engagement, UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement. Sponsored by UVA School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement.
  
  
• UVA Health Storytellers Featuring Tonya Fredericks | Wednesday, March 13 | Noon-1 p.m. | Claude Moore Education Building Room 3110 and Zoom registration | Melody M. Pannell, MSW, M.Div., Director of Diversity and Community Engagement, talks with Tonya Fredericks, MBA, Senior Advisor for Special Projects. Both are from the UVA Health Office of Diversity and Community Engagement.
   
• CANCELLED UVA Health Storytellers | Wednesday, March 20
  
  
• CANCELLED Diversity Dialogue | Wednesday, March 27
  

More Resources

• Women at UVA Health Historical Resources Guide
• Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center at UVA
• History of Women at UVA
• Self-Directed Walking Tour of Grounds: Women’s Education at UVA