Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

While at UCSF I have demonstrated clinical commitment to diverse populations both at San Francisco General Hospital and at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System. I helped to establish an area of distinction in public psychiatry that aimed to foster academic interest and clinical exposure to psychiatry trainees who have a desire to work with underserved populations. As a member of the UCSF Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee, for the Recruitment and Retention Task Force, Anti-racism working group for supervisors I have aimed to foster discussion regarding diversity issues and promote recruitment and retention of diverse trainees and staff. Additionally, I assisted with the creation of a Diversity Informed Hiring Toolkit that has been implemented at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, regionally and at select sites nationally in the VA. We received a Special Contribution Award for this work and its impact on hiring practices within the service and healthcare system. During my time at Massachusetts General Hospital, as a contribution to equal opportunity and diversity I participated in the Center for Diversity in the department of psychiatry and facilitated planning of the diversity dialogues for residents, mentored junior residents to lead resident report on issues of race and racism in psychiatry and developed a women's leadership series in the department of psychiatry for residents, fellows and faculty. I also participated in creating a longitudinal residency curriculum on sociocultural psychiatry and community psychiatry within the residency program. I also participated in research and community education activities around assessing barriers to accessing mental health services in the African immigrant community in Lowell Massachusetts.

2013 Educator, Community Education Program on Psychiatric Illness for the African Immigrant Community at Christ Jubilee Church, Lowell, Massachusetts
2014 Trainer, Training on Ethical Research Practices and Mandatory Reporting at Christ Jubilee Church, Lowell, Massachusetts
2013-2015 Sociocultural Curriculum Committee, MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, Boston, MA
2014-2015 Women’s Leadership Speaker Series, Organizer, MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, Boston, MA
2016 UCSF Department of Psychiatry Diversity and Education Department Retreat Planning Committee, San Francisco, CA
2018-2020 Mental Health Service Psychiatry Representative - Diversity Council, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
2019- Asylum evaluator, Physicians for Human Rights
2019- UCSF Department of Psychiatry, Diversity Committee, Recruitment and Retention Taskforce, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA
2021 Diversity Informed Hiring Toolkit - Created a hiring toolkit with an interdisciplinary team discussing diversity informed best practices in hiring that has been disseminated for use within and between services at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical center as well as nationally within the VA. Received a Special Contribution Award for this work, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA