Posts regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in science, medicine, education, and community written by faculty, staff, medical students, and graduate students at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. Topics frequently covered include race and racism, implicit bias, gender and sexuality, ability, and life experiences.
Raghav Goyal ’22 is an Albert Schweitzer Fellow for Life who first conducted a project involving Burlington’s homeless community during his second year of medical school. He shares his perspective on life in the homeless community, as well as an interview with Ronni Pearlman, a community member with a lived experience of homelessness who volunteers for several organizations in Burlington.
“I’ve never been on a panel before. What if I get asked a weird question and don’t know how to respond? Or what if I say something dumb? And I hate talking in front of people…”
The mental health panel, for me, serves as a semiannual reminder that we all have to put our own life vests on first. We can’t expect to serve our communities to the best of our abilities if we’re drowning as we do so. We can’t expect life not to happen.Read more…
The well-being of a country’s children is an important measure to track, as poverty in early years can have long-lasting consequences on children’s performance in school and their adult health status (1). The United States is considered one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but we have childhood poverty rates that are some of the worst.
The well-being of a country’s children is an important measure to track, as poverty in early years can have long-lasting consequences on children’s performance in school and their adult health status (1). The United States is considered one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but we have childhood poverty rates that are some of the worst.Read more…
