Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,
On behalf of the IHP’s senior leadership, I want to welcome you to the IHP - or welcome you back - for the 2024-2025 academic year. I hope you are as excited as I am to be starting this new year on our beautiful campus. The Boston weather couldn’t be more perfect and the excitement for a new beginning is palpable. I encourage you to explore the richness of the Mass General Brigham and IHP communities and take advantage of the opportunities that are available to you this semester. We have the privilege of being part of one of the great health care delivery systems in the world and I trust you will look for experiences to be part of this system.
The IHP is a unique educational program that is designed to prepare leaders in health care delivery, and a community that values what every member has to offer. Last week, over 350 faculty, staff and students talked about health at the intersection of race and environmental justice during our fall Power, Privilege and Positionality event. As part of that session, we discussed the importance of civil discourse in our growth as members of the IHP community. The critical conversations we had were just the beginning of the student experience of talking about difficult topics. As a learning community, those civil conversations and approaches to dialogue are what makes us better individually and as a community. We learn from each other; we develop strategies of how to better help our increasingly diverse patients; and we grow into better providers. That is why we are all here.
This community is special because each of you has committed to being the very best in whatever role you have. The exceptional faculty are master teachers, educating the next generation of health care professionals and conducting innovative research in patient care. Our stellar staff provide the structure for all of the faculty activities and student experiences, and our students are here to grow into the health care leaders of the future.
We wish you all the best for success in this upcoming academic year. I look forward to seeing you on campus.
Paula