1. Annual Report Faculty Diversity Committee
2017– 2018

2. Charge
Identify, implement and support a broad range of activities directed to increasing faculty diversity, including issues related to enhancing diversity in faculty recruitment, promotion, and award of tenure

3. Faculty Diversity Committee Members
Department
2017–2018 Member
Member
Epidemiology
Marnie Bertolet
Co-Chair: Marnie Bertolet
Biostatistics
Yongseok Park
Behavior & Community Health Sciences
Christina Mair
Environment & Occupational Health
Michele Mendez
Berthony (Toni) Deslouches
Health Policy & Management
Co-Chair: Tina Batra Hershey
Human Genetics
Co-Chair: Ryan Minster
Brenda Diergaarde
Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
Moses Turkle Bility
Center for Health Equity
Noble Maseru
Student representatives
Kyana Williams
Dillon Mody
Priyanka Setty
Arturo Amadeo
Hiba Anwer

4. Activities
11 meetings in the academic year, including a mini retreat and a strategic planning meeting
Updated the Resource List to Enhance Faculty Diversity and accompanying Resource Map
Continued/further developed relationships with others involved in increasing diversity at the University
Office of Health Sciences Diversity
Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Vice Provost Kirsch
Diversity committees of other schools within the University

5. Activities
Met annually with department chairs to review search committee requirements related to diversity
Tracked Faculty Diversity Data and made recommendations per Pitt Public Health strategic goals for diversity
Communicated with Pitt Public Health Council and faculty regarding diversity issues
Considered how diversity and inclusion be enhanced in our school and the role of the FDC in these efforts

6. Future Activities
Through our retreat and strategic planning process, we came to the conclusion that our charge needed to be broadened to encompass inclusion, diversity and climate across our school
Drafting revised diversity and inclusion syllabi statement
Continue our work with the Provost’s Diversity Committee Chairs group to enhance diversity and inclusion across the University

7. Current Pitt Public Health Faculty by Gender and Race
Asian
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
White
Unknown
TOTAL
Female 7 2 5 69 83
Male 21 60 1 89 28
129
172
Source: HR Analytics 10/4/18; information is self-reported

8. Current Pitt Public Health Faculty by Rank, Gender and Tenure
Non-Tenure Stream
Tenure Stream
Tenured
GRAND TOTAL
Rank
Female
Male
Assistant level 29 25 6 10 70
Associate level 18 15 1 8 52
Professor level 11 23 50 55 48 7 21 31
172
Source: HR Analytics 10/4/18; information is self-reported

9. Racial/Ethnic breakdown of Pitt Public Health Faculty (%), 2012– 2017
Source: HR Analytics 10/4/18; information is self-reported