Colleges of Nursing and Medicine and Wexner Medical Center work to create solutions for underrepresentation in clinical trials

Honor from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine recognizes college’s long-standing commitment and impact

The Ohio State University today received its seventh consecutive Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the country’s oldest and largest diversity-focused magazine and website in higher education.

Award recognizes contributions to champion diversity, inclusion and sustainability in nursing education

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) honored The Ohio State University and its College of Nursing with its 2022 Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability in Nursing Education Lectureship Award for Academic Health Centers.

By Timiya S. Nolan, Joshua J. Joseph and Darrell M. Gray II

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What has the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic taught us? Certainly, this era has tested our patience, resilience and sheer will in extreme and unexpected ways.

Six projects chosen to improve health equity and outcomes in diverse populations

Six interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty mentors have been selected for the second cohort of The Ohio State University’s Health Equity Scholars Program to begin in autumn 2022.

HEED Award recognizes outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion

For the sixth year in a row, The Ohio State University College of Nursing has received the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

By Timiya S. Nolan, PhD, APRN-CNP, ANP-BC, Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, and Darrell M. Gray II, MD, MPH

By the year 2045, those identifying as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) will no longer be the minority of the U.S. population (U. S. Department of Commerce Economics Statistics Administration, 2017). BIPOC, specifically Black or African American people, also face higher rates of morbidity and mortality than non-Hispanic White people related to chronic diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Magazine honors college’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion

For the fifth year in a row, INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, is honoring The Ohio State University College of Nursing with the 2020 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, honored The Ohio State University College of Nursing today with the 2019 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award to recognize the college’s outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The College of Nursing received the 2018 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, which recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, for the third year in a row.