DICP Connections

The Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion (PFDI)

THE HARVARD CATALYST PROGRAM FOR DIVERSITY INCLUSION

Director: Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MBA, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership

The Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion seeks to emphasize the recruitment and retention of a diverse Clinical Translational workforce as a top priority throughout Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center in governance, programming, training and resource allocation.

HARVARD CATALYST PROGRAM FOR DIVERSITY INCLUSION (PFDI) FACULTY FELLOWSHIP

The Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion (PFDI) Faculty Fellowship (formerly PFDD Faculty Fellowship) is a two-year, non-degree Faculty Fellowship Program for Harvard junior faculty designed to address faculty need for additional support to conduct clinical and/or translational research and to free junior faculty from clinical and teaching demands at a key point in their career development.

MEDICAL STUDENTS

The Visiting Research Internship Program (VRIP) is an eight-week mentored, summer research program designed to enrich medical students' interest in research and health-related careers, particularly clinical/translational research careers.

COLLEGE STUDENTS

The Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program (SCTRP) is a ten-week mentored, summer research program designed to enrich the pipeline of college students' understanding of and interest in pursuing clinical and/or translational research, as well as to increase underrepresented minority and disadvantaged college student exposure to clinical/translational research.

This program is not currently offered.

The Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion's (PFDI) summer programs, VRIP and SCTRP, are featured in the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Five Questions with Patrizia Vannini
A mentor in our summer internship program discusses research with her mentee investigating stress and post-traumatic growth during COVID-19.

Harvard Catalyst News | August 9, 2021


LISTEN TO PODCAST 

"We need to empower not just future physicians, but all individuals in our society to understand that we can use our voice to make a change," says Isaiah Cochran, MD, of Halifax Health. Cochran discusses his past experience as a Harvard Catalyst intern, describes his work in health policy and politics, and shares his career aspirations as he begins his residency in family medicine.


Harvard Catalyst

Harvard Catalyst is devoted to advancing human health by supporting and innovating clinical and translational science, and training the next generation of researchers.

As Harvard University’s Clinical and Translational Science Center, Harvard Catalyst serves the research community by offering courses and educational programs, research consulting, tools for study design and clinical trial collaboration, guidance on regulatory issues, and pilot funding for novel, high-impact projects – all freely available to trainees, fellows, and faculty. 

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Get Involved

Mentor Opportunity: Host a college or medical student in your laboratory through a Harvard Catalyst internship

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Contact PFDI

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MBA
Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership
Director, The Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion
Harvard Medical School
Tel: 617-432-2413
Harvard Catalyst Profile

Jessica St. Louis
Program Manager
The Harvard Catalyst Program for Diversity Inclusion
Tel: 617-432-1892
E-mail: jessica_st.louis@hms.harvard.edu