The HOPE Symposium, hosted by the HOPE Collaborative at Michigan Medicine, brings together education leaders, medical experts, students and families who want to learn more, do more, and commit to action together to create social transformation.
This year, the symposium's theme was "The Time is Now: Action and HOPE for Health, Wealth, and Community Building." Thought leaders, physicians, educators and students gathered to share ideas and workshop solutions to the challenges we face in creating a diverse pipeline to medicine.
See the video and photos below for a recap of the event and talks.
Erika Newman, MD, co-founder of the HOPE Collaborative, gave the introduction "Welcome, Purpose, Progress" at the symposium along with co-founder Erin Perrone, MD.
Alfreda Rooks, MPA, Punita Thurman, MBA, and H. Luke Shaefer, PhD gave presentations and spoke on a panel discussing health equity and education.
Darrell Tubbs II, BS, Tahmina Sultana, BS, Nicole White, MS, Diamond Buchanan, MS, Rico Ozuna-Harrison, BA and Gurjit Sandhu, PhD spoke on a panel discussing "Essential Perspectives on the Pipeline to Medicine."
Lauren Szczygiel, PhD discussed "How can we identify and support the mentors and role models who are critical to creating a pipeline towards an equitable health system?"
Taneia Giles, MA, MEd discussed "How do we develop family-centered experiences that best integrate into the public school ecosystem?"
Michael Johnson, MEd discussed "How do we develop family-centered experiences that best integrate into the public school ecosystem?"
Kristen Howard, JD discussed "How can we partner to provide support as early as grade 6 for students planning for AP curricula to ensure readiness to persist in undergraduate pre-medical programs?"
Glenn Wakam, MD discussed "How do we create cross-departmental communities for diverse trainees to promote wellness and success?"
Sidra Bonner, MD, MPH discussed "How do we create cross-departmental communities for diverse trainees to promote wellness and success?"
Edie Briskin (SKS Foundation), the 2023 HOPE Honoree, Erika Newman, MD, and Erin Perrone, MD at the 2023 HOPE Symposium.
Marc Nivet, EdD, MBA gave a virtual keynote address titled "The Power of the Right Question."
Alfreda Rooks, MPA, Erin Perrone, MD, and Phyllis Blackman, MBA, the 2023 HOPE Vanguard Award recipient, at the symposium.