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AHRA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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At AHRA, we recognize that supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion is the right thing to do, for our members, and the medical imaging community. A supportive network of caring, empathetic professionals who know your challenges is critical in today's Healthcare environment. Equally critical is that all facets of society are reflected and represented in that network. We seek to continually become more diverse and inclusive so that more and more we look like home to everyone who joins AHRA regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability. Please check back often, as we're just getting started here. We'll continue to add resources, information, and items of interest and value to this community.

Recent LINK Articles from the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Challenges Radiology Managers Face: Tips to Overcome Them by Dr. Vaughn Eason

Breaking the Stereotypes- The Value of Veterans in the Workplace by Nicole Dhanraj

Bending, not breaking: Promoting mental health in challenging work environments

Understanding colorectal cancer: awareness and prevention by Jim Zheng

Uncovering the Hidden Impact of Unconscious Bias on Your Decision-Making by Nicole Dhanraj

The Lunar New Year by Huyen Le 

What's in a name? By Karen Stewart

Managing A Multigenerational Workforce:
Leveraging Age Diversity for Departmental Success by Nicole Dhanraj

Stories

Beating Your Bias

AHRA's 2020 Annual Meeting featured diversity expert and social advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied. What does 'unconscious bias', actually mean? In an engaging and informative talk, Yassmin Abdel-Magied uses personal experience backed up by research to illustrate the impacts of bias on our workplaces. She shares what we can all do about it, so that we create have safer, and fairer and more productive workplaces for all. Watch her AHRA keynote address "Beating Your Bias", or her TED talk What Does My Headscarf Mean to You.

Minority Women in Radiology Leadership

Hosted by Nicole Dhanraj, PhD,CRA,RT(R,CT)(MR), Systems Director, Northern Arizona Healthcare

Watch this roundtable discussion on the challenges of minority women in radiology, where the panel explores reasons for the diversity gap in healthcare, recognizing the lack of minority women in leadership position, the challenges minority women face in their career growth in radiology, and considerations for more inclusive environment in radiology leadership.

A Sense of Urgency: Reframing our Approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Radiology

Presented by Dr. Matthew Bucknor, MD

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI as it is commonly referred to, is a phrase that broadly outlines the efforts an institution takes to create a more welcoming environment that embraces and values differences. Reinforcing strong DEI programs helps every employee to show up each day without fear that they can’t be their true selves, and has been shown in study after study to improve institutional performance. Watch here.

Additional Resources

• AHRA's Student Resources NEW!
• Cornell University Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program
• How to Outsmart your own Unconscious Bias- TED Talk
• Community Conversations from BridgeWorks: Featuring Karen Fassio from Microsoft.
• Glossary of Terms - Transgender Terminology
• Diversity in the Workplace Statistics
• ARTICLE: The 'little things' that Impede inclusivity NEW