What Happened?
Galveston , TX-based University of Texas Medical Branch Appointed Adeola Oduwole as HR Director of Diversity & Inclusion
About the Company
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, about 50 miles southeast of downtown Houston. As a major academic medical center, UTMB Health includes schools of Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Graduate Biomedical Science, a robust research enterprise that attracts nearly $150 million in funding annually, a comprehensive inpatient care complex and Level 1 trauma center on Galveston Island, and an extensive network of campus and community based outpatient clinics. Its 12,000 employees work on the main campus in Galveston and at locations throughout East, Southeast and South Texas.
About the Person
Adeola Oduwole serves as HR Director of Diversity & Inclusion for The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB-Health), where she is responsible for setting the vision and providing leadership, strategic direction and management of all aspects of the diversity and inclusion process for the academic medical center. She is credited with spearheading UTMB-Health`s first comprehensive strategic diversity initiative and establishing the infrastructure and key metrics to advance an environment of inclusion for the center`s academic, health system and business and finance entities. She redesigned the institution's diversity council to include the development of a multi-year operational plan, and through her efforts, the center was recognized for the 2014 DiversityFIRSTTM Corporate Commitment Award by the Texas Diversity Council and the Gulf Coast Advisory Board.
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