Health Equity Leadership Development Program | UC Davis Health

Timing

6 sessions (April - June)

• 5-week lunch series (weekly April 14 - May 16).
• Culminating in celebratory cohort presentations (week of June 2-6).

Program Activities

• In-person content delivered by experts.
• Project/Initiative Action Plan development.
  • Data plan
  • Engagement plan
  • Evaluation plan 
• Presentations of Project/Initiative Action Plan.
  • Opportunity to share a project presentation with peers and receive feedback.

Support

• One-on-one consulting with a subject matter expert in health equity (Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Health Equity Advisor).
• Funds available on as-needed-basis to support modest one-time costs or seed funding.

• Service Area Leaders (Directors/Managers, Unit Managers, Implementation Team Leads) with influence and authority in their service areas, workflows, etc.
• Committed to health equity and with an identified disparity or opportunity for improvement.
• Data Resource: Either 1) existing data or access to data needed or 2) limited or no data needs to design initiative. Resourcing to analyze data.
• Willingness to:
  • Work on program activities asynchronously prior to and in-between sessions.
  • Present and socialize initiative drafts with peers.
  • Report project status 6-months from program completion.

How to apply

Applications are closed. To be notified when the next cohort is accepting applications, please write to hs-ce-hedi@ucdavis.edu with the subject: "Notify me about HELD".

The application includes written responses, general application questions, and program commitments. (Note - you will not be able to save a draft of the form.)

Consider the following questions application that require written responses.

1. What motivates you to participate in this program?
2. What experience (if any) do you have with projects or initiatives to advance health equity?
3. What skills or experience would support your ability to further contribute to health equity?
4. Briefly describe your role, responsibilities, and scope of influence. How do you anticipate applying this program to your role?
5. In your current service area or scope of responsibilities, describe the opportunities you have identified to advance health equity? Select, at least, one and describe: how you identified the need (e.g. informal feedback, data, etc.) and barriers to addressing this opportunity.
6. Please describe what data, if any, is needed to inform the project/initiative, and describe the resources you have to support the analysis and interpretation.

• Application period opens first week of January 2025.
• Applications due by February 14, 2025.
• Notification of acceptance into pilot cohort February 21, 2025.