NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine has established an Inclusion and Belonging Committee to implement the following community-building strategies:

• Collaborate with NYU Langone Health’s Office of Workplace Inclusion and the NYU Langone Health—Long Island Office for Community Education and Outreach on programs that serve the communities we serve.
• Promote programs for students, residents, and faculty to share diversity of thought, experience and perspectives, ensuring that we listen to and learn from all our employees, patients and students.

Inclusivity of lived experience allows us to consistently deliver top-quality care for patients, making us better, more empathetic clinicians. This also creates an environment to educate and train the next generation of exceptional physicians and conduct groundbreaking research. Working together in this way makes us better teachers, better care providers, better students, better researchers and a better health system.

We are committed to cultivating a diverse workforce of students, residents, and faculty and fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. 

Inclusion and Belonging Committee

The Inclusion and Belonging Committee, department chairs, and educational leadership support our commitment to cultivating a diverse workforce by attracting, nurturing, and empowering a vibrant and talented community.

Departmental Inclusion and Belonging Ambassadors

All departments have a departmental Inclusion and Belonging ambassador, who has been appointed to champion community inclusion efforts. Ambassadors meet regularly with members of their department to gather suggestions for encouraging an inclusive environment. They then collaborate with the graduate medical education director of inclusion and the associate dean for community engagement and Inclusive excellence to develop a school-wide strategy that reflects the suggestions of the broader community.

Inclusion and Belonging Student Representatives

IB student representatives advocate for the student body in Inclusion and Belonging Committee meetings as well as to the school’s administration. Representatives provide input from the students’ perspective and participate in Office of Community Engagement and Inclusive Excellence events. Student representatives also contribute thoughts, ideas, and feedback that help with initiatives, programs, and panels for the student community.

Student-Led Clubs and Organizations

Students at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine organize and maintain many clubs and activities, including specialty interest groups, which offer lectures, workshops, clinical experiences, and extracurricular activities to enhance students’ educational experience. Included are several cultural and religious clubs and organizations:

• Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association
• Jewish Student Group
• Medical Mandarin Club
• Medical Spanish Club
• Students for a National Health Program
• Student National Medical Association
• Women’s Health Education Alliance
• LGBTQ+ Medical Student Association

Learn more about clubs and activities for MD students.

Role-Matched Mentors

We also offer role-matched mentoring as needed with students, resident physicians or faculty members who may share your gender, race or ethnicity, first-generation status, LGBTQIA+ status, or specialty interest. Students interested in being matched may contact our office at LISOM.Inclusion@NYULangone.org to schedule a meeting with the associate dean.

The Envision Scholars Academy

The Envision Scholars Academy is a mentoring program for local high school and college students who may have limited access to resources to prepare for a career in medicine.

The program is based on three pillars: exposure to medicine, professional development, and mentorship. The goal is to provide participants with exploratory experiences and skills along with relevant information and guidance to become a successful candidate for medical school. Additionally, the program collaborates with various departments within NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island to create and implement learning opportunities for the participating scholars.

Our program distinguishes itself from other pipeline programs in that it focuses on exposure to primary care medicine and fields, and follows a triad mentorship model, including high school students, college students typically pre-health or pre-med focused on attending medical school, and medical students. This mentorship model helps each scholar to form a relationship with someone who has achieved a goal they are working toward. Within this student-centered, academic-clinical partnership, participants also have access to faculty members who serve as role models and mentors.

The Envision Scholars Academy offers several benefits to its scholars.

Exposure to Medicine

Students participate in hands-on workshops involving a wide range of medical disciplines with specific attention to primary care specialties. Workshops are facilitated by medical students, residents, and attending physicians.

Professional Development

Skills necessary for career advancement are taught through workshops ranging from preparing a medical school application and resume writing to mock interviews and appropriate professional conduct.

Mentorship

Each triad group is made up of a high school, college, and medical student. Dedicated time is set aside at the end of each session for groups to eat lunch while they view and discuss a short video clip regarding a topic relevant to achieving academic and career success.

The Envision Scholars Academy is managed by Marisol Bazile, MEd, manager, Office of Community Engagement and Inclusive Excellence. To learn more about the program, email us at  LISOM.Inclusion@NYULangone.org.

Additional Events and Activities

The Office of Community Engagement and Inclusive Excellence  serves as the heart of the school where many of our inclusion efforts are born and where our cultural programming is created.

Through educational programming, cultural events, and celebrations, such as topical movie nights, cultural heritage days recognition, and educational activities, we are continuously striving to reinforce a culture of inclusivity. This programming helps highlight the goal of inclusivity that is already present at our institution; and provide empowerment to work toward improvement. Our office also hosts several panels open to the community throughout the year to foster discussion and provide an inclusive setting to support students, residents, fellows, and faculty. All of the events and programs are open to all members of our community.

Disclaimer: NYU Langone’s programs do not include preferences, quotas, or set asides, or otherwise exclude anyone based on race, sex, or other protected categories.