Join COF colleagues as together we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr. This annual breakfast event draws faculty and staff together to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy and our communities’ role in creating a more just world. The event includes performances from COF musical groups, introductions from COF community members, the awarding of an inclusive excellence award, as well as a keynote speaker.
The 2024 event is hosted by Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Attendees may register for an in-person ticket, or virtual attendance via zoom.
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This year we are excited to welcome Dr. Valerie Ward, MD, MPH as our featured keynote speaker.
Valerie L. Ward, MD, MPH is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, the Director of the Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion, and the Director of the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at Boston Children’s. She is also an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. She is a practicing pediatric radiologist in the Department of Radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital, and she held the previous position of Physician Director for Quality Improvement in the Department of Radiology at Boston Children’s.
Dr. Ward leads the essential work to make Boston Children’s Hospital a leader in pediatric health equity and inclusion, for all patients, faculty, staff and trainees. She provides leadership, vision and strategic oversight for the newly created Boston Children’s Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion. The Fenwick Institute is focused on evidence-based knowledge creation from innovative pediatric health equity research that addresses relevant and important health inequities for children.
She also publishes on pediatric health equity and provides her expertise through numerous mentoring relationships and national research and clinical collaborations. As a nationally recognized leader in pediatric health equity, Dr. Ward leads work that results in evidence-based knowledge to ensure more equitable health outcomes for all children.
Dr. Ward received her A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard University, her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, and a Masters of Public Health degree also from Harvard. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, her Residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital, and a Research Fellowship in the Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program.