Antiracism Committee

8:00-8:05am (CDT) 

Opening & Welcome, land acknowledgment, research participant acknowledgement, speaker introduction 

Geetanjali Rathore, MD 

Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology 

University of Nebraska Medical Center 

Children's Hospital & Medical Center 

Co-Chair, Antiracism Committee 

8:05-9:00am (CDT) 

Keynote Speaker (need title) 

Tukufu Zuberi, PhD, the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania 

https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/people/tukufu-zuberi  

9:00-9:15am (CDT) 

Update from the Antiracism Committee 

Committee Co-Chairs: 

Ruben Quiros, MD Professor, Division Chief, Gastroenterology 

Helen Grace, DO Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics 

Geetanjali Rathore, MD Associate Professor, Neurology 

Chad Abresch, PhD – Assistant Professor; Division Chief, Child Health Policy; Exec. Director, CityMatCH 

9:15-10:00am (CDT) 

Campus/ Community Initiatives 

• CityMatCH 
• Child Health Research Institute - Dr. Ann Anderson Berry - 
• White Coats for Black Lives - Yasmeen Bora, UNMC Chapter of White Coats for Black Lives, President and Ryan Boyland, UNMC Chapter of White Coates for Black Lives, Director of Advocacy & Policy) 

10:00-10:10am (CDT) 

BREAK  

10:10-11:10am (CDT) 

Moderated Panel Session: Diversity in Research at UNMC: improving engagement with the communities we serve across Nebraska and globally. 

• Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH 
• Keyonna M. King, DrPH, MA 
• Chinenye Dike, MD  
• Fernando Sanchez & Gisela Marfileno, project coordinators for Radx-Up (confirmed) 

11:10-11:15am (CDT) 

Introduction to Breakout room sessions 

Geetanjali Rathore, MD 

11:15-11:45am (CDT) 

Facilitated Breakout Room Sessions 

• Decolonizing Global Health 
• Community input on health priorities, community rights and data sovereignty 
• Finding your place in the community- advocacy and outreach
• Diversity in Research Teams 
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics 

11:45-noon (CDT) 

Acknowledgments/closing remarks   

Geetanjali Rathore, MD 

Ruben Quiros, MD 
Professor, Division Chief, Gastroenterology

Helen Grace, DO 
Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics

Geetanjali Rathore, MD
Associate Professor, Neurology

Chinenye Dike, MD – Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology

John Sparks, MD – Professor Emeritus

Sharon Stoolman, MD – Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine

Stephen Dolter, MD – Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine

Alice Sato, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease; Hospital Epidemiologist

James Harper, MD – Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology

Teri Mauch, MD, PhD – Professor, Division Chief, Nephrology

Chittal Raulji, MD – Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology

Shirley Delair, MD, MPH – Associate Professor; Chief, Infectious Diseases

Warapan Nakayuenyongsuk, MD – Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology

Lourdes Eguiguren, MD – Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases

Bradford Becken III, MD – Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases

Bracha Goldsweig, MD – Assistant Professor, Endocrinology

Courtney McLean, MD, MA, FAAP – Assistant Professor, Neonatology

Christian Oarhe, MD – Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Christopher Curzon, DO – Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Ellen Kerns, PhD – Assistant Professor, Child Health

Rachel Taylor, MD – Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Eric Peeples, MD – Associate Professor, Neonatology

Amissabah Kanley, MD – House Officer I

Priya Udayappan, MBBS – House Officer II

Shannon Haines, MD – House Officer III