Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics is committed to building an inclusive culture that improves the patient, faculty, staff and fellow experience within our division.

Vision

At Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, we aspire to foster an equitable and inclusive environment, that embraces the voices of all who in which we provide care and education. As leaders in the field of developmental medicine, we believe that diversity is the catalyst in which we can achieve equity and excellence.

Our Values

We will hold ourselves accountable to these values in the design of our programs, the development and delivery of our services, the evaluation of performance, and the ways in which we interact as a community (taken from the Office of E & I; alignment with greater URMC).

• Meliora - We strive to be “Ever Better” for everyone
• Equity - We commit to diversity, inclusion, and access.
• Leadership - We take initiative and share responsibility for exemplifying excellence.
• Integrity - We conduct ourselves with honesty, dedication, and fairness.
• Openness - We embrace freedom of ideas, inquiry, and expression.
• Respect - We value our differences, our environment, and our individual and collective contributions.
• Accountability - We are responsible for making our community ever better, through our actions, our words, and our dealings with others.

Our Programs

DIF Forums

• Monthly diversity, equity, and inclusion forums are held to offer restorative justice training for white and BIPOC employees in our division with the goal to achieve professional wellbeing and belonging of all employees.
• Partnering with outside organizations with expertise to conduct workshops/forums for our division assists DEI leadership with the efforts required to do this work.

DIF University

• An educational program that will allow staff to learn about institutional/structural racism, disability history, LGBTQ+, sexism etc.  Upon completion of 5 asynchronous trainings participants will receive a certification that will go into their employee file. To access these opportunities, click on the links below.
  • Race (hyperlinks to webinars)
    • Institutional and Structural Racism – Frederick Douglass Institute
    • Riots of 1964 – Frederick Douglass Institute
    • Black Lives Matter – Warner School of Education
  • Disability
    • Disability History – Jeiri Flores
    • Willowbrook/Penhurst
  • LGBTQ+
    • Stonewall Riots of 1969 – Out Alliance
    • The LGBTQ+ Experience in Health Care – Trillium Health
  • Sexism
    • Gender & Representation – Warner School of Education
    • Practical Ways to Fight Gender Bias and Sexism – Warner School of Education
    • Gender, Sexuality, & Race – Warner School of Education
  • Medicine/Research
    • The Black and Brown Experience in Health Care
    • Tuskegee Experiment/ Henrietta Lacks
    •  Racial Bias in Pain Management

Setting Up for Success

To ensure diversity on all levels within our division, Setting Up for Success will assist hiring managers within DBP with recruitment plans for new hires.

• This program will work with hiring managers to assist in attracting candidates from a diverse pool with a skillset that is necessary to the success of our division.
• We will illustrate commitment to this plan by posting open positions in areas that are visible in communities populated by BIPOC and organizations that support these communities.

DBP Mentorship Program

This program in which faculty & staff within the division will assist new hires/fellows with the many nuances of our division and aid in the successful retention. The mentorship program supports the greater efforts of the University of Rochester’s campaign “Meliora: Ever Better.”  Mentors in this program will become champions for the values and commitments of the organization and our division. 

• Mentors will support new hires/fellows after they have completed their on-boarding process
• Mentors will work with new employees/ fellows for the first 90 -120 days of their employment within our division to establish a rapport and schedule for support needed for successful retention

If you would like to be a mentor or you need a mentor click here.

DBP DEI Library

The DBP diversity, equity and inclusion library is a collection of books, articles and writings that act as a resource for faculty, staff and fellows within our division. 

Contact Us

Jeiri Flores, B.S.
Associate Director, Diversity & Inclusion
Jeiri Flores
(585) 276-3657

Sabrina Smith, MPA
Associate Director, Diversity and Inclusion
Sabrina Smith
(585) 275-3378