NYU Langone’s Department of Psychiatry Health Equity Committee comprises many subcommittees to advance diversity and health equity within the department.

Education Subcommittee

The Education Subcommittee, led by Deepti Anbarasan, MD, is working to systematize foundational health equity education for all faculty, staff, and trainees in the department in order to increase awareness of health equity issues among all in the department.

Clinical Health Equity Subcommittee

The Clinical Health Equity Subcommittee, led by Rachel A. Caravella, MD, supports clinicians engaging in transparent self-reflection, self-assessment, and methodical examination of their own clinical services to advance the following dual goals:

• eliminating mental healthcare disparities that harm patients and impact outcomes
• providing excellent, compassionate, and evidence-based mental healthcare that improves the wellbeing of all patients

Research Subcommittee

The Research Subcommittee, led by Crystal F. Lewis, PhD, supports psychiatry faculty in research efforts aimed at investigating the role and impact of racism and other salient social and structural inequalities experienced by the mental health workforce, people with mental health conditions, and community and clinical study populations, and purposefully identifying and testing prevention and intervention strategies to remove racism and inequality wherever present.

Community Engagement and Advocacy Subcommittee

The Community Engagement and Advocacy Subcommittee, led by Arslaan Arshed, MD, supports faculty and staff in programs that develop relationships within the minoritized and marginalized community our institution serves, to do the following:

• work together to address health equity–related issues
• promote wellbeing for positive outcomes
• elevate community awareness of departmental engagement in these activities

Communication Subcommittee

The Communication Subcommittee, led by Jennifer Sotsky, MD, works to raise awareness of departmental and NYU Langone–wide inclusion and health equity initiatives and to increase departmental engagement with these initiatives through effective and inclusive communication, optimizing use of existing platforms.

Disclaimer: NYU Langone’s programs do not include preferences, quotas, or set asides, or otherwise exclude anyone based on race, sex, or other protected categories.