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| Fidencio Saldaña, MD, MPH | Valerie Stone, MD, MPH |
Fidencio Saldaña, MD, MPH, of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Valerie Stone, MD, MPH, of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, are recipients of the 2021 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award from Harvard Medical School (HMS) for their significant achievements in moving HMS toward being a diverse and inclusive community.
Named in memory of Harold Amos, PhD — the first African American to chair a department at HMS — the award is given to individuals who have demonstrated a significant commitment to enhancing diversity above and beyond their routine role and responsibilities at HMS. This might include developing models to advance diversity, achieving outcomes, increasing employment, supporting promotion, identifying funding, assisting in producing scholarly work and addressing issues of recruitment related to diversity.
Saldaña, a clinical cardiologist at the Brigham and Dean for students at HMS, has been recognized with multiple honors for his work in teaching and advising and has clinical interests in general cardiology, valvular disease, preventive cardiology and cardiovascular care for minority populations.
Stone is vice chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Department of Medicine at the Brigham and a professor of medicine at HMS. She is a nationally recognized expert on HIV/AIDS and studies disparities in care by race/ethnicity and gender. Stone's work in the Department of Medicine has been successful, in partnership with colleagues, in moving the needle on the diversity of faculty and trainees in the department and rolling out initiatives which enhance inclusion and equity.
HMS is the medical school of Harvard University with a mission to nurture a diverse, inclusive community dedicated to alleviating suffering and improving health and well-being for all through excellence in teaching and learning, discovery and scholarship, and service and leadership.
