Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Diversity Officer Welcome Message Diversity Statement & Anti-Discrimination Policy Our Mission & Vision Meet the Team Equity Advisors Programs & Resources Affinity Groups Faculty Resources Student Resource Centers & Services Cultural & Heritage Months Welcome to the Office of Belonging, Equity and Empowerment Powered by discovery, innovation, and inclusive excellence, UCI School of Medicine is dedicated to advancing individual and population health to achieve its mission: Discover. Teach. Heal. Home About Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Celebrating ethnic and cultural differences At UCI School of Medicine, we are committed to recruiting, admitting and educating talented students — as well as hiring and promoting faculty and staff members — whose backgrounds reflect California’s rich ethnic and cultural diversity. Diversity Statement & anti-discrimination policy Welcome to the Office of Belonging, Equity and Empowerment The Office of Belonging, Equity and Empowerment (BEE) supports the advancement of inclusive excellence in medicine by promoting values, practices, programming and policies that reflect diversity, equity and inclusion, core values that invigorate the UCI School of Medicine’s mission: Discover. Teach. Heal. We strive to promote a campus community that is welcoming, supportive, culturally sensitive, and responsive to the diverse needs of our students, residents, fellows, faculty and staff. Message from the Diversity Officer Our Mission-based Programs The UCI School of Medicine celebrates Diversity & Inclusion with our mission-based programs. These programs focus on areas of healthcare for which a specific need has been identified. Students enrolled in these programs will enhance their general medical school training by receiving additional in-depth training in specific areas of healthcare. Medical school applicants are eligible to be considered for mission-based programs once they are admitted. PRIME LEAD-ABC Leadership Education to Advance Diversity–African, Black and Caribbean (PRIME LEAD-ABC) is a UCI School of Medicine mission-based program aimed at producing future physicians who are committed to addressing the health needs of African, Black and Caribbean communities in California, the United States, and beyond. PRIME LEAD-ABC Program PRIME-LC Program The Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) is a five-year MD/Master’s program that is committed to training physicians to meet the needs of under-resourced Latino communities. PRIME-LC Program HEAL-IM Program Program for training medical students in foundations of integrative medicine, both for their own wellbeing and for guiding future patients to make evidence-based decisions related to incorporating complementary and alternative modalities into their care. HEAL-IM Program Excellence in Diversity For the third time since 2019, UCI School of Medicine received the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity publication in higher education. This award recognizes the impact of our mission-based programs (PRIME-LC, PRIME LEAD-ABC, HEAL-IM) in contributing to greater diversity in the healthcare workforce and improved health equity. Learn more News Mar 07, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine Celebrating Women's History Month 2025 Features & Briefs UCI School of Medicine Office of Belonging, Equity and Empowerment (DEI) BEE Cultural Heritage Months Feb 12, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine Celebrating Black History Month 2025 Features & Briefs UCI School of Medicine Office of Belonging, Equity and Empowerment (DEI) BEE Cultural Heritage Months Jan 27, 2025 | University of California Health Through Their Eyes and in Their Voices: UC PRIME Alumni Reflect on 20 Years Features & Briefs PRIME LEAD-ABC PRIME-LC UCI School of Medicine Medical Education Office of Belonging, Equity and Empowerment (DEI) View All News BEE Connected Follow us on X @UCIOfficeofBEE