Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility
Aligned Blog: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the histories cultures and contributions of “American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.” This year, we learned about Hispanic pioneers in the biomedical workforce and interviewed some of CCR’s very own.
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Aligned Blog: Mentoring Across Difference
For many people, navigating higher education and entering the workforce can be challenging but having a good mentor, especially one who considers how your background impacts your lived experience, can make a difference. In this blog, the Office of Equity and Inclusion's newest team member, Sonia A. Garcia, Ph.D., writes about her experience navigating through a Ph.D. program as a first-generation Latina student and the importance of mentoring across difference.
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Aligned Blog: Exploring the Model Minority Myth
May is Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Island Heritage (AANHPI) month! This month provides an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of the AANHPI community to society, culture and beyond. This year, I challenged myself to learn about something new: the Model Minority Myth. What is the myth and how does it affect the AANHPI community?
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Aligned Blog: Excerpts from my Chat with Dr. Carol Thiele for Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, Shauna Clark, Ph.D., Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Diversity Advisor, sat down with Carol J. Thiele, Ph.D., Deputy Director and Senior Investigator in CCR. Dr. Thiele shares about her career, how inclusion for women in science has changed, and what we can do now to bring more women to the table.
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Aligned Blog: Reflecting on Black History Month
Black History Month reminds me to take time to appreciate those who came before me to pave the way for my success and to celebrate all that we as a people have achieved despite the many obstacles placed before us. This month I enlisted some friends and colleagues to share what they love about Black History Month and although it means something slightly different to each of us, we all delight in celebrating our past, present and future!
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: A Conversation with Cecilia Monge, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.
Cecilia Monge, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., is an Assistant Research Physician in the Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch. She is from Costa Rica where she completed medical school and worked for ten years. For this Hispanic Heritage Month Q&A, she tells us about her interests in health disparities research, her experience working in a developing country and what makes a good mentor.
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Aligned Blog: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage!
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! For this edition of Aligned, I thought I would celebrate some of my Latino/a/x friends and colleagues here at the Center for Cancer Research. I asked each of them to “Tell me why your Hispanic Heritage is important to you (and something you love about it).” I hope they inspire you to learn more about the many ways in which we have all benefitted from their Hispanic Heritage.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: A Conversation with Kylynda Bauer, Ph.D.
Kylynda Bauer, Ph.D., is an iCURE scholar in the Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch. In this Hispanic Heritage Month Q&A, she speaks to us about the influences of her diverse cultural background, the importance of reaching out to others and what she enjoys about the iCURE program.
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Aligned Blog: Reconciliation: Two Days of Freedom
A few weeks ago, many across the U.S. celebrated Independence Day, but for some Americans, the 4th of July is a complicated day that represents neither freedom nor independence. What does the legacy of Independence Day mean for different communities and how might we also use the day as a moment of reflection?
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CCR postdoctoral researcher awarded Fulbright to study HPV and cervical cancer in Africa
Tsion Minas, Ph.D., is a recent recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award. She joined the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis in 2016 to work with Senior Investigator Stefan Ambs, Ph.D., M.P.H., and study the molecular nature of cancers in African populations. In this Q&A, she shares her passion for closing disparity gaps in health research and how she plans to build upon her Fulbright work in the future.
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