U.S. National Institutes of Health

Joan Y. Reede, MD — pediatric medicine, public health, administration (medical school dean), psychiatry (child and adolescent)

Courtesy Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA

Dr. Joan Y. Reede (b. 1953), center, works to recruit and prepare minority students for jobs in the biomedical professions, and to promote better health care policies for the benefit of minority populations. She started a program to match students of color with mentors in the biomedical sciences. In 2001, she became the Harvard Medical School's first dean for diversity and community partnership.

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