10th Annual Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity Symposium
July 26-28, 2022
July 26: 8:00 - 4:00 PM CST (In-Person)
July 27: 11:00 - 4:00 PM CST (Virtual)
July 28: 11:00 - 12:00PM CST (Virtual)
Location:
Center for Healthcare Innovation
625 West Adams Street | 7th Floor
Chicago, IL, USA 60661
About the symposium
The 10th annual Diversity, Inclusion, & Health Equity Symposium is one of the country’s leading and longest-running events focusing specifically on health equity, health disparities, and critical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues impacting healthcare in the U.S. The 3-day hybrid symposium features both live and virtual panel discussions, keynote addresses, career fairs, and networking opportunities. The symposium brings together leading healthcare executives, physicians, researchers, patient groups, academics, authors, clinical trial professionals, and DEI advocates in a collaborative forum to discuss health equity. The symposium focuses on the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the marketplace and workplace. Key opinion leaders and symposium participants will discuss new ideas and perspectives on (1) diversifying clinical trials to include underrepresented groups, (2) developing a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace, and (3) reducing systemic health disparities that disproportionately affect marginalized communities of color. The symposium also features a career fair that connects participants with many of the country’s leading healthcare organizations specifically focusing on hiring underrepresented talent. This 3-day event also aims to address the broader health disparities that disproportionately impact marginalized communities in the U.S. Participants will learn the latest insights and industry-tested solutions, share new ideas and perspectives, and meet new industry and marketplace colleagues.
About the Virtual Diversity Career Fair
The Diversity Career Fair (Tuesday, July 27) connects underrepresented professionals, including people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and the differently-abled, with some of the country’s leading healthcare organizations. The career fair provides diverse job seekers an opportunity to learn about DEI-focused healthcare organizations, submit résumés, interview, and meet with company representatives.
Why Attend?
JOIN the world’s #1 symposium focusing specifically on health equity and diversity
UNDERSTAND obstacles to clinical trials and how to make the clinical trial ecosystem more diverse and inclusive for all patients
ACQUIRE knowledge on how to reduce health disparities by building culturally competent organizations best suited to provide care for diverse patient populations
FOCUS on building inclusive organizational cultures that attracts the best and brightest people, resulting in a diverse and innovative workforce
DISCUSS how to strategically reduce health disparities to create a more equitable U.S. healthcare system
CREATE a workplace that embraces and promotes an inclusive environment by leveraging the latest D&I trends and ideas
LEARN to leverage a more diverse marketplace and a more inclusive workforce to create bottom-line growth opportunities
NETWORK and share ideas with many of the country’s leading health sector professionals who are passionate about health equity and diversity
RECOGNIZE the impact of systemic racism and structural inequities in healthcare and in the workplace
Distinguished Keynote Address
Dr. Linda Wiley Bing, PhD, CDE, CRS
CEO of Turning Point Leadership Group
Dr. Linda Wiley Bing is founder and CEO of Turning Point Leadership Group LLC, an innovative performance improvement company that specializes in diversity, equity, & inclusion, leadership development, and relationship management. She has worked in the U.S. and abroad developing and delivering interventions for clients of all sizes and disciplines from individuals to Fortune 50 companies. Dr. Linda is a Certified Diversity Executive, Certified Relationship Specialist, Life Coach, and Author. She is an award-winning trainer and a member of the Les Brown Speakers Network. Her viewpoints are often sought out as a conference keynote speaker and presenter. And, they have been aired on several radio and TV talk shows, podcasts including her own and the CBS Evening News. Her innovative trainings and coaching programs have helped countless professionals transform their lives resulting in enhanced relationships and increased income as they contribute to strengthening strong and inclusive cultures.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike, MD
President & CEO, Sinai Chicago
Dr. Ngozi Ezike is the President and CEO of Sinai Chicago, the city's largest private safety net health system. She began serving in June 2022. She is the immediate past Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), where she valiantly navigated the state through the most difficult waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Ezike is the first Black woman to lead Sinai Chicago in the system’s 103-year history.
Dr. Ezike is a board-certified internist and pediatrician, who worked at Cook County Health, serving for more than 15 years in various direct patient care and administrative roles, including medical directorships at the Austin Health Center and Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. She also delivered inpatient care at Stroger Hospital and primary and preventive care in community and school-based clinics.
Dr. Ezike is a nationally recognized public health and health leader. In addition to her degrees from Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Dr Ezike holds honorary doctorates from Knox College, Southern Illinois University, and Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine. She earned a business management certificate from Harvard Business School.
She is the recipient of dozens of awards and accolades including the Lester H. McKeever Individual Service Award from the Chicago Urban League, Motorola Civic Service Award, the Jane Addams Medal of Freedom, and USA Today's Inaugural Women of the Year Award for the State of Illinois.
An advocate for promoting self-care and healthy living, particularly in challenging times, Dr. Ezike is an avid tennis player and enjoys traveling with her husband and four children.
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc
Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion | Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine | Magerstadt Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Clyde W. Yancy is vice dean of diversity and inclusion, Professor of Medicine and Chief of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He concomitantly serves as associate director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He holds the Magerstadt Endowed Professor of Medicine Chair and holds a concomitant appointment as professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences.
Yancy is a native of Louisiana, where he earned his bachelor’s degree at Southern University in Baton Rouge and medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He served an internship and residency in internal medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Yancy completed his fellowship in cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he received research training in the human physiology laboratories of Drs. Gunnar Blomqvist and Jere Mitchell, as well as advanced heart failure and heart transplant training from Dr. Maria-Teresa Olivari. He received his initial faculty appointment in 1989 and held a position on the faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, for 17 years. While at UT Southwestern he held the Carl Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research, was associate dean for clinical affairs and served as medical director of the Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program. In 2006, Yancy was named director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas. In 2010, he completed a master’s degree in medical management at The University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.
Yancy’s research interests are heart failure, clinical guideline generation, outcomes sciences, personalized medicine and health care disparities. He is extensively published, with more than 650 peer-reviewed publications, an h-index > 100 and annual recognition as one of the most highly cited scientific authors worldwide. Yancy is deputy editor of JAMA Cardiology and senior section editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Heart Failure.
He also serves on the editorial boards for Circulation, Circulation: Heart Failure, the American Heart Journal and JACC: Heart Failure. Board certified in internal medicine, with a subspecialty in cardiovascular disease, Yancy has been honored with the designations of Master of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Master of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA), Fellow of the Heart Failure Society of America and Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology. He has served on innumerable clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements writing committees and as chair of the ACC/AHA Heart Failure Clinical Practice Guideline Writing Committee, 2011 - 2020. He is immediate past co-chair of the ACC Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce and former president of the AHA. Yancy is the recipient of two AHA Gold Heart Awards, (2014 & 2022), the James Herrick Award for distinguished achievement in clinical cardiovascular medicine and the AHA Chairman’s Award. He has completed extensive government service for the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Yancy is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Association of Physicians. In 2018, he was appointed to the Minority Health Affairs Subcommittee, Department of Health and Human Services. That same year, he received two lifetime achievement awards: one for clinical research from WomenHeart® and one for research and leadership in diversity from the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. In 2019, he received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from his alma mater, Tulane University School of Medicine. in 2021, he received the Mihai Gheorghiade Award for Mentorship and the Gary Mecklenburg Distinguished Physician Award for exemplary professionalism and humanism. And in 2022, he received the “Heart of Gold” award at the 2022 AHA Heart Ball in Chicago.
Distinguished Symposium Speakers
Dr. Neelum Aggarwal, MD
Chief Diversity Officer, American Medical Women’s Association
Mr. Guillermo H. Amezcua, MBA
Vice President, Marketing and National Account Sales, Baxter International
Brenda Battle, RN, BSN, MBA
Senior Vice President, Community Health Transformation & Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, UChicago Medicine
Dr. Cheryl Beal Anderson, PharmD, MBA
Board of Directors, Center for Healthcare Innovation
Dr. Mauvareen Beverley, MD
Patient Engagement and Cultural Competence Specialist
Ms. Lynette Bonar, BSN, MBA, FACHE
CEO, Tuba City Regional Health Care
Dr. Benée Brown, PharmD
Regional Medical Science Liaison Director, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Ramona Burress, PhD, MBA
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Ronald Copeland, MD, FACS
SVP of National Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Strategy and Policy and Chief Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Officer, Kaiser Permanente
Ms. Ricki Fairley, MBA
CEO, Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
Dr. John Frels, PhD
Vice President, Research and Development, Immunoassay/Clinical Chemistry, Core Diagnostics, Abbott
Mr. Joseph Gaspero
CEO & Co-Founder, CHI
Dr. James Gillespie, PhD, JD, MPA
President & Co-Founder, CHI
Ms. Allecia Harley, MPH
Founder and CEO, Prevention Advisory Group
Dr. Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Community Health Services
Dr. Geraldine Luna, MD, MPH, MBA
Medical Director, Chicago Department of Public Health
Mr. Omar Luqmaan-Harris, MBA
Founder & Managing Partner, Intent Consulting
Ms. Cody McSellers-McCray, MPH
Vice President of Health Equity, Centene
Ms. Cherie Price, MSC
Payment Innovation Operations Director, Elevance Health
Ms. Lindsay Moore-Fields
Program Manager, CHI
Mr. Liam Paschall
Senior Consultant of Management Development, Parexel
Mr. Julius Pryor III
Chair of the Board of Directors, CHI
Dr. Andres Quintero, MD, MPH, MBA
Global Medical Director, Pfizer
Ms. Carla Robinson, MBA
Founder and CEO, Canary Telehealth
Dr. Jeff Sherman, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Horizon Therapeutics
Ms. Ramita Tandon
Chief Clinical Trials Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Dr. David VanderWeele, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, Northwestern Medicine
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Agenda
Tuesday, July 26 (In-person)
8:00 - 9:00
Registration & Networking
9:00 - 9:30
Distinguished Welcoming Address: Dr. Clyde Yancy, Vice-Dean of Diversity & Inclusion, Professor & Chief of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
9:30 - 10:15
Panel 1 - Health Disparities in the US: Lessons from COVID & the Path Forward
10:30 - 11:15
Panel 2 - Building a Diverse Healthcare Workforce: Best Practices for Recruiting, Hiring, & Promoting Professionals of Color
11:30 - 12:00
Distinguished Keynote Address: Dr. Ngozi Ezike, President & CEO, Sinai Chicago
12:00 - 12:45
Lunch
12:45 - 1:00
Virtual Diversity Career Fair Demo
1:00 - 1:45
Panel 3 - The Future of Health Equity: Priorities of the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders
2:00 - 2:45
Panel 4 - Diversity in Clinical Trials: What We’ve Learned & What’s Next?
2:45 - 3:00
Closing Remarks
3:00 - 4:00
Networking & Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, July 27 (Virtual Diversity Career Fair)
11:00-11:30
Distinguished Welcoming Keynote: Dr. Linda Wiley Bing, CEO of Turning Point Leadership Group
11:30 - 4:00
Virtual Career Fair
Thursday, July 28 (Virtual)
11:00 - 11:45
Virtual Panel: Developing & Promoting Diverse Professionals to the C-Suite
11:45 - 12:00
Symposium Distinguished Closing Remarks