Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Our Mission
The UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Executive Committee advances diversity through the implementation of equitable and inclusive practices. The committee supports faculty, staff and students in the crafting and dissemination of strategies that provide for an inclusive climate, embrace diversity and promote a culture of accountability with respect for all. Finally, the committee partners with campus, professional and community organizations to promote, improve and sustain excellence in EDI practices.
The JEDI committee is open to all faculty, staff and students and does not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the application and selection process.
Our JEDI Champions
Our two committees—one representing the school and other representing staff—work closely together to advance equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives. All faculty, students and staff are welcome to join the committees; the committees do not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the application and selection process.
Pre-Pharmacy Programs
Our numerous educational programs aim to inspire a passion for STEM in middle, high school and undergraduate students, including those from community colleges, who are economically and/or educationally disadvantaged. The programs are open to all students and do not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the application and selection process.
Learn about our pre-pharmacy programs
Service to the Community
Through the UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project, one of the largest student-led free clinics in the nation, free health care screenings at community events and more, we aim to deliver health care to populations with low Healthy Places Indexes® or Social Vulnerability Indexes. As the only pharmacy school in San Diego, we recognize our students provide critical health care needs for our community.
A Culture of Belonging
In order to thrive in an environment, you need to feel like you belong. Through campus-wide affinity groups, Rainbow Pin Ceremonies, anti-bias education for faculty, students and staff and more, we aim to create a culture where everyone feels valued, celebrated and treated with respect. These events are open to all faculty, students and staff.
Learn about our affinity groups
Culturally Responsive Curriculum
Our innovative Health Equity and Antiracism Training (HEART) curriculum is integrated throughout the required coursework in our pharmacy program. It explores key topics such as health disparities, microaggressions in the workplace, social determinants of health and LGBTQIA+ health. In addition, students have the opportunity to deepen their learning through electives focused on areas such as implicit bias in health care, medical Spanish and more. This comprehensive curriculum is designed to prepare future pharmacists to provide compassionate, informed and equitable care to individuals from all backgrounds and identities.
Advancing Faculty Diversity
We actively recruit stellar faculty who are focused on reducing health care inequities and will transform our curricular offerings, research contributions and mentoring opportunities for our students. Two such faculty members—Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, Pharm.D., M.P.H., and Adrian Jinich, Ph.D.—were recently recruited through the UC Advancing Faculty Diversity Program and UC San Diego FIRST initiatives.
Recent JEDI News
NBC San Diego and Telemundo San Diego cover UC San Diego summer STEM program that partners with Title I schools
Watch the NBC San Diego segment
Watch the Telemundo San Diego segment
Free Community Health Fairs Held in Southeast San Diego
Step inside one community fair
JEDI Committee Tours Southeast San Diego with Health Sciences Vice Chancellor
Recent JEDI Publications
- Dose of inspiration: The journey of a young Afghan girl and her career path as a palliative care pharmacist Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
- Leveraging Black pharmacists to promote equity in COVID‐19 vaccine uptake within Black communities: A framework for researchers and clinicians Clinical Pharmacy Forum
- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance differences among unvaccinated foreign- and united states-born persons: A cross-sectional study, 2021 Annals of Epidemiology
Contact Us
To reach the school JEDI committee, please contact Matt Collins at m2collins@ucsd.edu.
To reach the staff EDI committee, please contact Paradorn Thiel at pthiel@health.ucsd.edu
Proposition 209 Compliance
In accordance with applicable Federal and State law and University policy, the University of California does not discriminate, or grant preferences, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories.
More information about Proposition 209 can be found here.\ More information about the University of California Anti-Discrimination Policy can be found here.