Securing Health Equity Working Group


We courageously and creatively develop institutional policies, practices, and programs that eliminate health inequities and ensure all patients and clients achieve equitable health outcomes.

The Health Equity Working Group is working on policies and practices that can increase identity concordance between health workers and patients to increase more equitable outcomes among groups. Specifically, they are recommending robust data sharing to identify priorities for health equity interventions, clear centralized messaging to ensure that all health equity work is aligned, and mandatory, longitudinal mentoring and instruction for all employees to ensure that all know their part in this work.

Recommendations will be shared Spring 2023.

Membership


Lead: José E. Rodríguez; Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; University of Utah Health

  • Bart Watts
    School of Dentistry
  • Chris Fairbanks
    Human Resources (UHH)
  • Erin Clouse
    University of Utah Health
  • Heather Nyman
    College of Pharmacy
  • Janzell Tutor
    University Advancement
  • Julie Lucero
    College of Health
  • Natasha Ovuoba
    Huntsman Cancer Institute
  • Paloma Cariello
    School of Medicine
  • Tashelle Wright
    College of Health
  • Valerie Flattes
    College of Nursing