Nicholas Shungu was named associate director for diversity, equity, and inclusion at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.
He will be focused on equity in patient care, research, education and staff recruitment.
“For me, as a primary care doctor, I wish that researchers had the foresight to prioritize the population that we know experiences worse outcomes. That would be an example of looking at things with an equity lens—making sure that a population that we know faces disparate outcomes is adequately or even overrepresented in studies,” Shungu said in a statement.
The MUSC College of Medicine is one of the most diverse medical colleges outside of historically black colleges and universities. Shungu hopes to encourage more underrepresented students to continue their training through residencies at MUSC Health.
Shungu will also focus on MUSC’s growth throughout the state, through new hospitals and expanded partnerships.
Shungu began his new role on July 1.
