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.
Values Statement
The official Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences Values Statement created by the Culture and Justice Quorum Ambassadors.
Culture & Justice News
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
Why Maternal Health Equity is Maternal Health Quality: A Tale of Priorities, Metrics, and Action | ACOG • June 24, 2024
'Safety bundles' may reduce pregnancy-related deaths, particularly among Black women | American Heart Association News • April 24, 2024
Community-Based Doulas — Can Clinicians Share Power to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes? | The New England Journal of Medicine • December 28, 2023
Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the Journal | The New England Journal of Medicine • December 7, 2023
Slavery and the Journal — Reckoning with History and Complicity | The New England Journal of Medicine • December 7, 2023
Discussing risk respectfully: How to talk about preeclampsia and low-dose aspirin with patients | CMQCC • December 7, 2023
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