As outlined in ACCP’s Strategic Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Plan, the 2024 Task Force on DEIA has been impaneled and charged to provide input to the Board of Regents (BOR) on implementation of the DEIA plan. Interest in serving on the Task Force was solicited as part of ACCP’s annual call for volunteers. In response to the many interested members, BOR President Brian Hemstreet appointed the following 11 member volunteers:
- Deborah S. Bondi, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPPS, BCPS (Chair)
- Kazuhiko Kido, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCCP, BCPS (Vice Chair)
- Maha Abdalla, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
- Sally Arif, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCP
- Deepali Bhandari, Pharm.D.
- Jenna F. Cox, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
- Mary F. Hebert, Pharm.D., FCCP
- Rebecca Jayakumar, Pharm.D., BCIDP
- Shayna Rae Killam, Pharm.D., M.S.
- Lalita Prasad-Reddy, Pharm.D., M.S., FCCP, BCACP, BCPS, CDE
- Jordan Rowe, Pharm.D., BCACP, BC-ADM
The Task Force is focusing its initial work on efforts to further explore and implement recommendations from the 2023 Task Force on DEIA. Three subcommittees have been formed: (1) Equity and Awards, (2) Resources and Inclusion, and (3) Education in DEIA. The Equity and Awards subcommittee will evaluate all ACCP award rubrics to identify and recommend revisions to minimize bias and maximize inclusion as well as develop a scoring rubric for the newly approved ACCP Award for Excellence in Advancing Diversity, Health Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility. To provide ACCP members with DEIA-focused professional development resources relevant to their practice, research, and education, the Resources and Inclusion subcommittee will develop an expansion and maintenance plan for the DEIA toolkit and work to implement affinity groups within ACCP. To further support the inclusion of DEIA in ACCP programming, the Education in DEIA subcommittee will recommend curricular revisions for ACCP Academies and explore opportunities for additional focused DEIA education at the Annual Meeting.
Overall, the Task Force will continue the ongoing work within ACCP to provide input to the BOR on issues relevant to DEIA and to promote diversity in nominations for elected office, awards, and fellowship (FCCP). Task Force leadership will be working closely with ACCP staff to provide ongoing input to the BOR. Feedback can be provided to the Task Force anytime by emailing [email protected].