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As director of the National Institutes of Health, I'm delighted with the renaming of this
part of what we do...a very important part...as Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
And the notion that this something that we just don't think about now and then, but it's
something that we think about every day...EDI 365...is also a very important component of
what we're talking about with this new perspective.
I guess on Leap Year it would be EDI 366, but oh well...a small point.
The leadership that is in place and about to be in place with Deb Chew now taking on the
role of creating this new version of the office and with Hanna Valantine, distinguished
cardiologist coming from Stanford to be our new chief officer for Scientific Workforce
Diversity, puts us in a place to emphasize this area of diversity and inclusion in new
and creative ways.
And that's at all levels within NIH.
Everything from the senior investigators, the people working in the labs, the critical
people who support all of this...administration, finances, facilities, public safety.
We are in a circumstance here of kind of running a small town...a wonderful town.
A town devoted to science.
A town with a noble mission.
But that mission will really only be effectively accomplished if we recruit and retain
the best and brightest in all of these various important roles.
And also that we create an environment that is equitable and that gives everybody a
chance to make their contribution in the most productive way.
That's what we're about.
That's what NIH is about.
That's what EDI 365 is all about.