DEI Information for CHLA Team Members

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles looks to its team members to inspire and carry out diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Our team’s experiences, perspectives and backgrounds are some of our greatest strengths. We harness this information and use it to enhance clinical care and the patient experience.

DEI Information for Team members

Children’s Hospital is home to a comprehensive internal diversity, equity and inclusion program. There are many ways to participate in these efforts.

Monthly DEI Events

Team members are welcome to participate in events that share insights toward improving the diversity, equity and inclusion at Children’s Hospital.

Our offerings include, but are not limited to:

  • DEI Guest Speaker Series: Where our Identities Meet Passion and Purpose, distinguished speakers from across the nation and globe come to speak with us about their work. We are learning first-hand how DEI efforts in other organizations are advancing health, building community and promoting inclusion.
  • Workshops: Sessions provide insights for successfully mitigating bias, navigating imposter syndrome, anti-racism, and many other relevant topics that affect how we deliver care and diversify our workforce.

Special Initiatives

We are always thinking of ways to show patients, families, visitors and staff compassion and respect. These efforts have resulted in special initiatives that include:

  • Project RESPECT (Responding Empathetically and Supportively to People Experiencing Crisis and Trauma): This effort enables us to better support patients and families in situations that require additional sensitivity, like psychiatric emergencies and communication breakdowns.
  • Faculty Council
  • Gender Equity Council
  • Resident and Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) Committees
  • Race, ethnicity and language (REL) Champions
  • Sexual orientation and gender initiative (SOGI) Champions
  • DEI Strategic Plan Workgroups
    • Workforce Development Council
    • Health Equity Council
    • Cultural Humility and Equitable Care Council
    • DEI Programming and Training Committee
    • Community Partnerships

Trainings and Surveys

A foundational step to building an inclusive organization begins with ensuring we all understand the core concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offers a comprehensive DEI training program that defines these core concepts, and how they impact our approach to health equity. This foundational training contributes to our mission by challenging us all to build a health care system that prioritizes cultural humility and health equity for all our patients and families.

Core concepts addressed in the four-part curriculum include:

  1. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
  2. Cultural humility and accommodations
  3. Gender, sexual orientation and gender equity
  4. Principles of trauma-informed care

This training curriculum contributes to our mission by addressing our knowledge gaps, providing definitions for a common shared language around core concepts.

We also conduct regular surveys to find out more about our team and the quality of work they experience at Children’s Hospital. These surveys capture information about employee demographics, engagement, sense of belonging and work-related stress.  

Your Voice Matters

Children’s Hospital is responsive to the needs, ideas and concerns of our team members. We offer multiple channels for connecting with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

These include:

Enterprise Resource Groups (ERGs) and Affinity Groups

These groups are faculty- and staff-led, bringing together team members based on shared identities, backgrounds and life experiences. Group members work together to:

  • Enhance diversity advocacy, awareness, education and celebration
  • Develop innovative solutions to DEI-related challenges and opportunities

Populations and interests for which we currently host include:

  • Armenian heritage
  • Asian, Pacific-Islander heritage
  • Black and African American heritage
  • Jewish heritage
  • Latino/a/x heritage
  • LGBTQIA+ individuals
  • Women
  • Disabilities and Neurodiversity

Come Work With Us

We intentionally seek out clinicians and staff whose experience, perspectives and backgrounds enable us to better serve patients and families. Children’s Hospital is also creating opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds to become health professionals through medical education, training and mentorship programs.