Welcome to the Culture & Justice Quorum at University of California, San Diego

At UC San Diego’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, our mission is to serve our community with quality and just healthcare for everyone. We believe that our best is reflected in our clinical, educational, and research endeavors when our culture fosters and values diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice.

To that end, in September 2020, our Department established the Culture and Justice Quorum to ensure our excellence is inclusive and our department is a place where everyone can thrive. The Quorum is a foundational, departmental racial equity and justice committee designed to take an action-oriented approach to create and sustain department-level initiatives that foster a culture of equity and justice and encourage anti-racist work.

Anti-Racism Statement

The official Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences Anti-Racism Statement created by the Culture and Justice Quorum Ambassadors.

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Culture & Justice News

The Culture and Justice Quorum at University of California, San Diego: A Departmental Approach to Dismantling Structural Racism

August 1, 2023

The Culture & Justice Quorum at UCSD: A Departmental Approach to Dismantling Structural Racism

September 7, 2023

Strategies to Promote Maternal Health Equity: The Role of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

US Maternal Mortality is Unacceptably High, Unequal, and Getting Worse

September 13, 2023

Worsening US Maternal Death Rates featuring Audra Meadows, MD, MPH | JAMA Network

Podcast

Inclusive Excellence Award

The Culture & Justice Quorum led by Vice Chair of Culture and Justice Audra Meadows, MD, MPH received the UC San Diego 2023 Inclusive Excellence Award

Culture & Justice Spotlight

Worsening US Maternal Death Rates | JAMA • September 13, 2023

Selecting Measures for a Maternal Equity Safety Bundle to Eliminate Racial Inequities Across Labor & Delivery Units in Massachusetts | Obstetrics & Gynecology • September 7, 2023

The Role of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives in Promoting Maternal Health Equity: A Narrative Review | Obstetrics & Gynecology • September 7, 2023

The Culture and Justice Quorum at University of California, San Diego: A Departmental Approach to Dismantling Structural Racism | Academic Medicine • August 1, 2023

US Maternal Mortality is Unacceptably High, Unequal, and Getting Worse–What Can Be Done About It? | JAMA • July 3, 2023

Preconception and Perinatal Hospitalizations as Indicators of Risk for Severe Maternal Morbidity in Primiparas | AJOG MFM • May 12, 2023

Inclusive Excellence Awards | UC San Diego • April 26, 2023

A love letter to Black birthing people from Black birth workers, midwives, and physicians | OBG Management • March 2023

Failure to progress: structural racism in women's healthcare | eClinical Medicine The Lancet Discovery Science • February 15, 2023