Faculty

Pronoun Competency Training – November 4th

Virtual Event

November 4 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Objective
Building Inclusive and Affirming Interactions at UW Medicine

Using individuals’ pronouns is fundamental to respectful, inclusive, and affirming interactions across UW Medicine, with our colleagues, students, and patients.  Many of our community members make mistakes at times, are corrected, and genuinely apologize.  However, to truly improve, we need structured and supportive opportunities to practice. These opportunities are not typically available in our day-to-day interactions.

This monthly training series provides ongoing opportunities to practice and receive feedback from experts and supportive colleagues to improve pronoun competency. Remember, practice makes perfect and you may attend these sessions as often as you would like. Registration for each group is capped at 20 to allow for individualized practice and feedback. The goal is to foster inclusion and belonging for every member of our UW Medicine community, with emphasis on supporting those who do not use he/his or she/her pronouns.

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Dr. Reya Mokiao Named Patricia L. Dawson Endowed Faculty Fellow

Left to right: Dr. Bessie Young, Dr. Reya Mokiao, & Dr. Paula Houston  

Left to right: Dr. Bessie Young, Dr. Reya Mokiao, & Dr. Paula Houston  

Dr. Mokiao receives a traditional Indigenous blanket in honor of her award from the Center of Indigenous Health 

Dr. Mokiao receives a traditional Indigenous blanket in honor of her award from the Center of Indigenous Health 

Dr. Reya Mokiao delivers remarks after accepting the Pat Dawson Endowed Fellowship

Dr. Reya Mokiao delivers remarks after accepting the Pat Dawson Endowed Fellowship  

OHCE was grateful to honor and recognize the accomplishments of Dr. Reya Mokiao as the 2025-2028 Dr. Patricia L. Dawson Endowed Faculty awardee for her remarkable contributions to the community through her commitment to her research and advancing health equity. Dr. Mokiao is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, in the Division of Nephrology and the first Native Hawaiian pediatric nephrologist trained at Children’s. She is also a KL2 scholar through the Institute of Translational Health Sciences. She has made a tangible impact both within the University of Washington Medicine community along with the broader Seattle area by partnering with Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Her work has received grant support from the Center of Indigenous Health to conduct a community needs assessment. She is currently working on understanding and developing kidney and cardiometabolic health programs for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth. 

This fund supports the work of a faculty leader at UW Medicine to operationalize the goals of the UW Medicine Healthcare Equity Blueprint, an innovative roadmap for improving equity outcomes written by UW Medicine leaders and initiated by Drs. Houston and Dawson. You can learn more about the fund and support its lasting impact here. 

Bystander Intervention (6) September 17th

Virtual Event

September 17 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Describe why it is important to intervene when you observe an incident of identity-based harm.
  2. Identify the obstacles that may get in the way of intervening effectively.
  3. Learn and practice the five D’s of bystander intervention.
    *This course is available to community members who have completed our Foundational Training sequence.
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Identity, Privilege, and Intersectionality (1) December 22nd

Virtual Event

December 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Deepen awareness of the current state of racism and oppression in our society and at UW Medicine.
  2. Understand and describe your own and others social identities, intersectionalities, and privileges.
  3. Call to Action: Integrating these understandings into your personal and professional life.
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Bias & Microaggressions (5) Dec 12th

Virtual Event

December 12 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Course Objectives

  1. Define key terms related to bias and microaggressions.​
  2. Explain how microaggressions are harmful and associated with bias.​
  3. Describe four psychological processes that fuel biased actions.​
  4. Describe helpful ways to respond to microaggressions based on my typical role in these incidents (as a leader, bystander, target, or offender).
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Social Determinants of Health (4) December 17th

Virtual Event

December 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Course Objectives

  • Define social determinants of health and health inequities
  • Understand how social conditions influence health
  • Describe elements of the Social Ecological Model and Life Course Model
  • Explain the relationship between SDOH, racism and racial health inequities
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Reducing Weight Stigma & Bias in Healthcare- December 11th

Virtual Event

December 11 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm


Building Inclusive and Affirming Interactions at UW Medicine

Reducing Weight Stigma and Bias in Healthcare – As part of UW Medicine’s ongoing efforts to reduce bias in healthcare, this new course explores bias related to body weight. Framed around patient stories, this course aims to increase empathy related to weight stigma by offering a better understand of the history of society’s relationship with weight, as well as explore contemporary research that challenges stereotypes in society about health and one’s body size. This course also focuses on skills we can use in healthcare to decrease bias and improve interactions with people related to their body. 

Objectives:
1. Increase empathy through adult patient stories related to weight stigma. 
2. Understand the history of society’s relationship with weight. 
3. Increase knowledge of recent research on weight’s impact on health, weight loss interventions, and the success at maintaining weight loss. 
4. Learn skills to decrease bias and improve interactions with people related to their body. 

All are welcome to this training.

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Bystander Intervention (6) Dec 1st

Virtual Event

December 1 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Describe why it is important to intervene when you observe an incident of identity-based harm.
  2. Identify the obstacles that may get in the way of intervening effectively.
  3. Learn and practice the five D’s of bystander intervention.
    *This course is available to community members who have completed our Foundational Training sequence.
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History of Race and Racism in Science & Medicine (2) Oct 29th

Virtual Event

October 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Course Objectives

  • Understand the way medicine/science has been used to create and further racism
  • Understand the history of the creation of racial categories and hierarchy, particularly by physicians, and how that framework is still used in modern medicine
  • Recognize race as a social and political construct
  • Explain how and why race is not biological or genetic
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Bias & Microaggressions (5) October 23rd

Virtual Event

October 23 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Course Objectives

  1. Define key terms related to bias and microaggressions.​
  2. Explain how microaggressions are harmful and associated with bias.​
  3. Describe four psychological processes that fuel biased actions.​
  4. Describe helpful ways to respond to microaggressions based on my typical role in these incidents (as a leader, bystander, target, or offender).
Register via Zoom

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