Diversity and Inclusion
Find out more about ASTRO's Diversity and Inclusion initiatives.
Inclusive Excellence in Education
ASTRO is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and seeks to provide opportunities to increase educational awareness on these topics. With the guidance and leadership of ASTRO’s Committee on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (CHEDI), these educational resources and initiatives are available to assist in raising social awareness on all topics related to DEI in the health care industry as well as in the field of radiation oncology.
DEI in RO Social Series - #DEIinRO
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Radiation Oncology (DEIinRO) is a social education series targeting and discussing key issues on diversity, inclusion and belonging within the field of radiation oncology. This series consists of seven, one-hour sessions held throughout the summer of 2021. Each session includes key experts discussing on the topic and were streamed live on YouTube. Recording were made available after each session. Learn more about the series.
DEI at ASTRO's Annual Meeting
Diversity, equity and inclusion in health care are more important than ever and the Annual Meeting offers a track on this topic in order to provide a well-rounded Annual Meeting experience while expanding social awareness on DEI within radiation oncology.
DEI Toolkit
Access information and toolkits about diversity, equity and inclusion in health care and radiation oncology.
Resources
Articles
- Addressing the Impact of Systemic Racism in Radiation Oncology: Advances in Radiation Oncology commits to addressing systemic, institutionalized racism in academic medicine by Jackson, I., Deville Jr, C., Tsai, J., Goyal, S., Hintenlang, K. M., Videtic, G. M., ... & Miller, R. C. (2020)
- Addressing the social determinants of mental health: If not now, when? If not us, who? by Shim, R. S., & Compton, M. T. (2018)
- I can’t breathe: the continued disproportionate exclusion of black physicians in the United States radiation oncology workforce by Deville Jr, C., Cruickshank Jr, I., Chapman, C. H., Hwang, W. T., Wyse, R., Ahmed, A. A., ... & Gibbs, I. C.
- Time: Your ZIP code might determine how long you live—and the difference could be decades by Ducharme, J., & Wolfson, E. (2019)
- Why racial justice matters in radiation oncology. Advances in radiation oncology by Chapman, C. H., Gabeau, D., Pinnix, C. C., Deville Jr, C., Gibbs, I. C., & Winkfield, K. M. (2020)
Blogs
- Actor Chad Boseman’s Death Raises Questions about Colorectal Cancer in African Americans by Watts, V. (2021)
Books
- Black man in a white coat: A doctor's reflections on race and medicine by Tweedy, D. (2015)
- Black mental health: patients, providers, and systems by Griffith, E. E., Jones, B. E., & Stewart, A. J. (2018)
- Medical apartheid: The dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present by Washington, H. A. (2006)
- Mind Matters: A Resource Guide to Psychiatry for Black Communities by Whaley, A. L. (2018)
- Social (in) justice and Mental Health by Shim, R. S., & Vinson, S. Y. (Eds.). (2020)
