Health Equity
The UCLA Multicampus Fellowship in Infectious Diseases is committed to promoting health equity in our communities. As infectious diseases clinicians and researchers, we have always been aware of socioeconomic inequities that increase the vulnerability to many infections, including HIV, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and Covid-19. We are making the following concrete steps to address these issues, including:
- A holistic approach to reviewing fellowship applications and evaluating candidacy for fellowship training with the goal of identifying individuals who aspire to excel in the knowledge, skills, and structural competency to improve infectious diseases and overall health outcomes for individuals and communities across diverse settings locally and globally
- Establishment of an evening journal club series featuring academic articles that explore structural inequities in healthcare as they pertain to infectious diseases
- Active participation in efforts to increase application to subspecialty training among diverse trainees
- Promotion of research focusing on the impact of infectious diseases on socioeconomically vulnerable populations
- Cultivation of a culture of inclusion within the fellowship program and UCLA in general
We are proud of the training program that we have created and continue to strive for improvement from year to year. We are also strongly committed to serving as an example for open dialogue, life-long learning, and compassionate quality care, in collaboration with our colleagues in the .
