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UAB's Vickers set for Oct. 6 Levi Watkins Lecture

Kathy Whitney

October 2, 2020

https://news.vumc.org/2020/10/01/uabs-vickers-set-for-oct-6-watkins-lecture/

The 19th Annual Levi Watkins Jr., MD, Lecture will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 6, via virtual format. The keynote speaker will be Selwyn Vickers, MD, Senior Vice President for Medicine and Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. For more information, read HERE:

VUMC Named 2020 LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader

Doug Campbell

September 16, 2020

https://news.vumc.org/2020/09/02/vumc-lauded-for-health-care-equality-efforts-2/

For the ninth year in a row, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named a Leader in LGBTQ Health Care Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

Second VUMC Forum on Diversity and Inclusion (a Town Hall)

June 25, 2020

Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules

June 15, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/gay-transgender-workers-supreme-court.html?referringSource=articleShare

Statement from VC André Churchwell regarding George Floyd

Andre Churchwell, MD

May 31, 2020

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/diversity/may-31-statement-from-andre-churchwell/

Statement from Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion André L. Churchwell regarding the death of George Floyd My Heart is Broken.

Churchwell to lead Vanderbilt's diversity, inclusivity initiative in permanent role

Ann Marie Deer Owens

May 29, 2020

https://news.vumc.org/2020/05/27/289552/

André L. Churchwell has been named vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer for Vanderbilt University, a position he has held on an interim basis since June 2019. more . . .