Leadership Equity Advances Diversity (LEAD): Increasing Women and Underrepresented Minority Faculty in Leadership Positions

UCSF, 2020-2021

Project Principal Investigators

Elizabeth Ozer (PI), Sanziana Roman (Co-I)

Project Abstract

This pilot and data leadership project – Leadership Equity Advances Diversity (LEAD) – focuses on increasing the representation of underrepresented minority faculty in departmental leadership positions, many of which are internal appointments. This project allows for the development, piloting, and evaluation of a leadership toolkit intervention focused on implementing systemic processes and tracking and accountability measures across 28 departments within the UCSF School of Medicine (SOM). Outcomes will be assessed both through tracking implementation of best practices for searches as well as change in representation of underrepresented groups in leadership. The intervention will build upon UCSF’s best practices for external faculty searches, the SOM Differences Matter initiative, and a recently implemented leadership accountability survey. After project materials are developed at UCSF in Year 1, the LEAD project team will work closely with UC Health to disseminate toolkit materials throughout UC health professional schools.

Project Link: https://diversity.ucsf.edu/programs-resources/faculty-recruitment/lead

Scholarship Publication: 

Presented a poster at the American Association of Medical Colleges Group on Women in Medicine and Science (AAMC GWIMS) November 2022 meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Citation: 

  • Giovanelli, A., Ozer, E.M., Roman, S.R., & Navarro, J.R. Leadership Equity Advances Diversity: Increasing Women & Underrepresented Faculty in Leadership. Poster Presentation, Association of American Medical Colleges/Group on Women in Medicine and Science annual Conference, Nashville, TN November 11-14, 2022.

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