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November 2025
Welcome to Diversity Now, AAIM’s quarterly newsletter dedicated to sharing the latest diversity, equity, and inclusion resources in academic internal medicine and beyond.
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November Is American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Heritage Month
American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month is celebrated each November. This month invites us to recognize enduring contributions, celebrate cultural traditions, and uplift stories of AI/AN communities.
The AAMC is spotlighting summer programs designed to support AI/AN premed students and those serving AI/AN communities. These programs offer diverse opportunities, varying in length, location, and application requirements. Explore the programs!
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AAIM Inclusive Excellence Award
 The Alliance congratulates 2026 AAIM Inclusive Excellence Award recipient Aba Black, MD, MHS, Associate Professor Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care).
The award recognizes academic internal medicine physicians, administrators, and physicians-in-training whose work substantially advances diversity, equity and inclusion through systems which ensure high quality care for all patients.
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Learning the Language of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As terminology continues to evolve across academic internal medicine, AAMC has updated its holistic review program, now called mission-aligned selection and retention. The new terminology reflects an emphasis on aligning recruitment, assessment, and learner support with each institution’s mission. While the name is shifting, the core principles and tools behind holistic admissions and retention remain the same.
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Alliance Advocacy Efforts
The Alliance collaborates with other major medical societies and organizations to advance organizational priorities and advocate for issues important to members. Recent coordinated efforts include opposing the Executive Order imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas and opposing the more than $1.77 billion cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proposed in the House FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill. Keep updated on the latest Alliance successes and take action on key policy issues affecting academic internal medicine.
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AAIM Webinars: Recordings Available
Missed a webinar? Check out the following recordings:
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Advancing Health Care for Older Adults from Populations that Experience Health Disparities (R01)
The National Institutes of Health invites applications to support research that advances multi-level health care strategies for older adults from populations experiencing health disparities. The initiative focuses on three areas: (1) gaining a better understanding of appropriate screening, diagnostic, and clinical care guidelines in a primary care setting, (2) exploring shared decision-making that is needed to enhance care planning and patient agency between clinicians and care teams with the older adult and their caregiver(s), and (3) identifying effective strategies for care coordination.
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Summer Health Professionals Education Program (SHPEP)
SHPEP is a free, six-week summer enrichment program designed to strengthen academic preparation and career insight for college students from economically or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds, especially those who are underrepresented in the health professions. Participants engage in science enrichment, financial literacy, career development, and health policy sessions.
Application Deadline: February 5, 2026
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Commonwealth Fund Fellowship at Harvard University
The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Policy Leadership at Harvard University is a one-year, full-time, academic degree-granting program designed to prepare physicians to become leaders who improve health for all, with emphasis on disadvantaged, vulnerable, and uninsured populations.
Deadline: December 1, 2025
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Nominations Open for the Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility
Recognizing clinicians under age 45 in the United States, this annual award celebrates those who step beyond the clinic to challenge injustice - whether in health care access, environmental health, global peace, or systemic equity–and includes a $25,000 prize established in honor of Bernard Lown.
Nominations will be accepted through January 15, 2026.
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Wellness Resource: Joy in Medicine Program 2026 Applications
The American Medical Associations (AMA)’s Joy in Medicine program honors health systems that take meaningful action to reduce physician burnout and strengthen workplace well-being. Organizations can earn bronze, silver, or gold recognition based on progress across six areas, including leadership engagement, efficiency, and team-based care. Applications for the next cycle are available on the AMA website.
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Residency Recruitment Resources
The Alliance provides vetted and curated resources to guide residency programs through recruitment season, including guidance on virtual interviews; advice on ERAS, Thalamus, and Residency Explorer tools and programs; and guidance on advising applicants about tiered program signaling.
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Register Now for Academic Internal Medicine Week 2026!
Looking to deepen your understanding and actively champion diversity, equity, and inclusion? Join us at AIMW26 in Seattle and check out the diversity, equity, and inclusion track and stop by the Member Center in the exhibit hall. The conference will offer a full range of session types and topics for seasoned professionals, mid-careerists, and those new in their roles.
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