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Conversation with aamc gdi group chair joan reede
Joan Y. Reede (born 1953) is an African-American physician, Harvard Medical School's inaugural dean for diversity and community partnership, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine..
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- Conversation with aamc gdi group chair joan reede
- Early life and education
- Career and research
- Honors and awards
- References
Early life and education
Reede was born and raised in Boston, the descendant of slaves from Georgia. Despite being discouraged by school officials, she applied to and attended Brown University and graduated in 1977, then went on to Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, graduating in 1980. She then moved to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to complete a residency in pediatrics; she then held a fellowship in child psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital. Reede returned to school at Harvard later in her career, earning a Master's of Public Health degree in 1990 and a master's degree in 1992. She also holds an MBA from Boston University.
Career and research
Reede began her career in community health in Boston, working with incarcerated youth and children in public schools. Throughout her career, she has worked on various efforts to educate teachers and students about health issues. She has also been on several advisory councils for the National Institutes of Health.
While a student and fellow at Harvard, where she moved in 1989, Reede co-founded its Biomedical Sciences Career Program, which disseminates information about careers to young students of color, and connects them with mentors. In 2001, she was appointed to the new position of dean for diversity and community partnership at Harvard, the first African-American woman dean at Harvard Medical School. She also founded a physician fellowship program for postgraduate education in working with minority and disadvantaged patients. Her other programs at Harvard aim to bring more women and people of color into biomedical careers.