Faculty Recruitment
In addition to traditional capacity building programs intended to attract high school and college undergraduates to careers in medicine, we recruit residents and fellows with an eye toward retaining the best of our trainees as faculty.
Professional Development
Regional and National Conferences
Recognizing that recruitment is of little value without efforts to maximize the success and retention of the faculty that join our ranks, deliberate effort is made to identify internal and external mentors and professional development offerings relevant to individual faculty members. There is the potential for faculty to participate in regional and national conferences with the intent of facilitating their academic advancement.
Departmental Educational Activities
Weill Cornell Medicine is an academic, health care and research community committed to diversity, inclusiveness and a welcoming environment for its faculty, staff, and students. Strategies targeting faculty recruitment and retention include networking at national, regional and local meetings; advertisements in targeted periodicals/listservs; diversity advocate representatives on search committees and explicitly stated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. To influence the diversity climate, diversity and healthcare disparities are included in the Diversity Grand Rounds series. Additionally, we have a longitudinal Race, Equity and Social Justice learning series.
Institutional/Interdepartmental Activities
- Diversity Town Halls
- Pediatric Diversity Coalition (PDC)
Weill Cornell Medicine Diversity Council
Diversity efforts across Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) are coordinated by the Weill Cornell Diversity Council (WCDC). This body meets monthly and is comprised of the Associate and Assistant Deans of Diversity, departmental diversity champions, and representatives from student affairs, human resources, the graduate school, affiliate members, legal counsel, and the student body.