S3Ep15: Strategies for Promoting DEI in the Lab

We know that diverse teams perform better. In laboratory medicine, diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership not only inspires young professionals, it also promotes retention in a profession that struggles with staffing shortages. 

So, what’s stopping us from increasing representation and equity in laboratory leadership?  

What can we do to recruit a more diverse pool of job applicants and then support them in growing into lab leadership and management roles? 

On this episode of Inside the Lab, your hosts, Ms. Kelly Swails, MLS(ASCP), and Dr. Lotte Mulder, PhD, are joined by Ms. Lona Gordon Small, MLS(ASCP), MBA, Quality Specialist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Core Lab and coach and Founder of LabOPEX Training and Consulting, Dr. Marissa J. White, MD, FASCP, Surgical Pathologist and Deputy Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Johns Hopkins, and Mr. Mohamed Abdelmonem, MBA-HCM, MSc, MLS(ASCP)SBB, Blood Bank Specialist and Transfusion and Reference Lab Supervisor at STEM Healthcare, to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion strategies for the medical lab. 

Our panelists explain the common barriers to expanding representation among laboratory leadership and explore effective strategies for mentoring underrepresented groups in management roles. 

Listen in for Ms. Small, Dr. White, and Mr. Abdelmonem’s insight on establishing equity around pay and promotion and learn what educational institutions and professional organizations can do to promote representation at all levels of the laboratory workforce! 

Topics Covered 
· The crucial need to increase representation in laboratory leadership and management positions
· Common barriers to expanding representation and equity in laboratory leadership
· What educational institutions and professional organizations can do to promote representation and equity in the laboratory workforce
· The benefits of equity around pay and promotion in the medical lab
· Effective strategies for mentoring and supporting underrepresented groups in laboratory leadership roles
· Strategies to identify and recruit a more diverse pool of job applicants for roles in the medical laboratory  

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Resources
eLABorate Topics Podcast
Mass General Brigham’s Mentoring Across Differences
Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine
ASCP Mentorship Program
Inside the Lab in the ASCP Store