Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie, MD, MPH, has been named faculty assistant dean for student affairs in the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs at Harvard Medical School.
Burnett-Bowie is also the inaugural chair of the Society’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (formerly Minority Affairs Committee) and will lead the Society’s expanded diversity and inclusion efforts, which include implementation of the diversity and inclusion strategic action plan approved by Council in June.
In addition to her new position, Burnett-Bowie has two other leadership positions devoted to increasing diversity and inclusion: she is one of the associate directors of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Diversity and Inclusion and she is the director of Multicultural Affairs for the Department of Medicine, where she co-chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Board.
As a clinical scientist, her research has focused on defining the physiology of the mineral metabolism hormone, FGF23; skeletal and non-skeletal effects of vitamin D; and clinical trials of treatments for osteoporosis.
She has received multiple local and national grants to support her clinical investigation and local awards for both excellence in teaching and the promotion of diversity and inclusion.