Yale School of Medicine

Office of Collaborative Excellence

“…a vibrant and inclusive community by establishing and maintaining spaces for networking, collaboration, and sharing of all ideas, thereby advancing the global fields of patient care, medical education, and medical research.”

Deputy Dean for Collaborative Excellence Darin Latimore was previously Chief Diversity Officer at Yale School of Medicine and Associate Dean of Collaborative Excellence Karina Gonzalez was previously Associate Dean for the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Associate Dean for Collaborative Excellence and Student Engagement, Medical Education Marietta Vazquez was the Inaugural Associate Dean of Medical Student Diversity at the Yale School of Medicine and the Inaugural Vice Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Yale-Children’s Hospital Hispanic Clinic. “She has led multiple educational initiatives on diversity and inclusion within the Department of Pediatrics…on important topics such as unconscious bias, microaggression, anti-racism and equity in the workplace.” Program Administrator Aja Diggs was previously Senior Administrative Assistant in the Diversity, Inclusion, Community Engagement & Equity (DICE) office.