Andrea Deyrup, MD, PhD, presented at the Association of Academic Pathology (AAPath) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, from July 21-25, 2024, in a workshop titled “Mapping Your Early-/Mid-Career in Education.” Her discussion focused on the undergraduate medical education (UME) perspective. Deyrup’s talk, titled “Strategies for Navigating UME and DEI [Diversity, Equity & Inclusion],” provided a framework based on taking a values-based approach, the importance of diversifying one’s tasks and the value of building community in both UME and DEI work. She finished by discussing tactics for addressing challenging situations in the workplace.
Other participants in the session included Institute of Health System Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Professor James M. Crawford, MD, PhD, who spoke at Duke Pathology’s Residency Program graduation earlier this year; Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Pathology at Mass General Stephen Black-Shaffer, MD; and MacKenzie Chair of Pathology for University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Dani Zander, MD, who offered perspectives on academic scholarship, program directorship and the role of the chair, respectively.
Deyrup is a nationally renowned speaker on the topic of race in medicine. In March 2024, she participated in a panel discussion following a presentation on “Using Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research.” It was hosted by Duke’s Precision Genomics Collaboratory and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Leaders were Duke professor Charmaine Royal, PhD, and New York University professor Aravinda Chakravarti, PhD, co-chairs of the 2023 National Academics of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Report. It emphasized the importance of ensuring that genetics research benefits all groups in society and mitigates harm.
A large focus of Deyrup’s work has been to examine the questionable science that supports race-based associations in medical texts and board exams. After finding that the data were often inaccurate and misinterpreted, she has been building connections through presentations and a popular video series to end racialized medicine. Read more and watch a video about her work here.
Formerly known as the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC), AAPath-PRODS provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas; makes recommendations concerning rules governing content and management of resident training to the Residency Review Committee and American Board of Pathology; and participates in programs that facilitate the continued development and enhancement of pathology training programs.