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Oct. 30, 2019 — STFM is pleased to announce that the members of the new Underrepresented in Medicine (URM) Oversight Committee have been appointed. The URM Oversight Committee is chaired by Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH, Director of Student Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York. 

This new committee, supported by the STFM Foundation, has been convened to guide the progress of the Underrepresented in Medicine Initiative work. The URM Initiative is developing, disseminating, and executing strategies to increase the diversity of family medicine educators and promote health equity in the following four focus areas:

• mentorship
• leadership
• URM faculty pipeline
• scholarship. 

Work Group Leaders for each of the four Focus Areas will lead the development of strategies and measures for their Focus Area with the help of a small work group team. The entire Oversight Committee, which includes the Work Group Leaders, will guide the progress of the work in the four Focus Areas and communicate with STFM members and the STFM Foundation about the work being done.

Chair
Edgar Figueroa, MD, MPH
Director of Student Health
Weill Cornell Medical College

Judy C. Washington, MD
Associate Director
Overlook Medical Center Family Medicine Residency

Leadership Work Group Leader
Elizabeth H. Naumburg, MD
Associate Dean, Advising
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine

Mentorship Work Group Leader
Kathryn Fraser, PhD
Behavioral Medicine Coordinator
Halifax Medical Center Family Medicine Residency

Scholarship Work Group Leader
Cesar A. Gonzalez, PhD, LP, ABPP
Associate Program Director, Family Medicine Residency,
Associate Professor, College of Medicine and Science
Mayo Clinic

URM Faculty Pipeline Work Group Leader
Maili Velez-Dalla Tor, MD
Program Director
Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency Program

David A. Acosta, MD
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges