Diversity in Training

The psychiatry training programs at Vanderbilt greatly value diversity. Our program seeks to foster an environment that is inclusive and supportive of racial, ethnic, religious and cultural diversity; disabilities; and gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. In addition to diversity initiatives in the department of psychiatry, Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Office for Diversity Affairs (https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/diversity/welcome) and the Office for Diversity in House Staff and Faculty Affairs offer a range of programs and interest groups that support diversity in student groups and across the whole of the medical school, residency, and fellowship experiences.

Resources for Underrepresented Minority (URM) house staff include:

• Minority House Staff for Academic and Medical Advancement
• URM House Staff Speak
• MPH Program Diversity

Campus resources include:

• The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
• The Vanderbilt University Leadership Development and Intercultural Affairs Office
• The Office of International Student and Scholar Services
• The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
• The University’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life
• The Antoinette Brown Lectures at the Divinity School
• The Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
• The Opportunity Development Center
• The Center for Teaching

Social and professional groups include:

• The Student National Medical Association
• The Alliance for Cultural Diversity in Research
• The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
• The Asian-Pacific American Medical Student Association
• The Global Health Committee
• The Latino Medical Student Association
• The Levi Watkins, Jr., MD, Premedical Conference for Underrepresented Minorities
• LGBT MD
• Physicians for Human Rights
• Society of Saints Cosmas & Damian
• Maimonides Jewish Student Organization
• Vanderbilt University Women in Science and Engineering 
• The Vanderbilt School of Medicine Gay-Straight Alliance
• The Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health