Malika Fair, MD, MPH, AAMC Senior Director, Health Equity Partnerships & Programs

"Efforts to achieve equity will take time, and even after the pandemic abates, we must continue to work to reduce inequities between patient populations."

David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC President & CEO

“The coronavirus has laid bare existing inequities. All of us in medical schools and teaching hospitals must do our part to ameliorate factors that negatively affect the health of patients and communities.”

David A. Acosta, MD, AAMC Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

"Practicing conscious inclusion and equity-mindedness to achieve inclusion excellence will enable the bonuses of diversity to be revealed, actualized, and leveraged."

Elizabeth L. Travis, PhD, FASTRO, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

“Women bring a different voice and a different perspective that can help solve many of the problems facing academic medicine today.”

Quinn Capers IV, MD, Associate Dean of Admissions, Ohio State University College of Medicine

“Diversity among physicians is critically important to reducing health disparities, and reducing implicit bias is key to a diverse medical workforce.”