Inclusion News

John W. Jones, MSN, CRNA, works at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital as a nurse anesthetist in the anesthesiology department.

Laura Wiggins, DNP, MSN, CRNA, Lt. Col. (retired), USAF, is one of the OB Clinical Coordinators for the Nurse Anesthesia Program and an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. She primarily works at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital as a CRNA.

The UPMC ENABLED employee resource group partnered with other UPMC groups to participate in Disability Mentoring Day at UPMC Mercy on October 18th.

On Tuesday, June 13, the UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside Diversity Mentorship Program was launched. Together with Danielle Robinson (Presbyterian Nursing), David A. Snyder, MSN, CRNA from UPMC Shadyside is leading the program, which targets emerging leaders among employees of color from the Presbyterian and Shadyside hospitals.

Please join Pitt and UPMC on May 25, 2023 for the White Coats Against Racism & Injustice Event. 

Our Shadyside CRNAs Jessica E. Kridler, MSN, CRNA, and Rachel Hicks, MSN, CRNA, gave presentations and led demonstrations for students to practice intubation and bag mask ventilation techniques on training mannequins.

The appointments were effective January 1, 2023.

The ASA Mentoring Grant program provides funding to mentor/mentee pairs who submit a project that addresses the goals of the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity.

The Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research is hosting the event “Getting WISER on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Healthcare Education: The Roles of Simulation” on April 8, 2022, both virtually and on-site at 230 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA.

Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS, was selected as one of 25 faculty members from departments and schools across the University of Pittsburgh as a Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health and Well-Being Scholar.