From the Daily Pennsylvanian: A March lawsuit against the University alleging that Penn Medicine’s Black Doctors Directory was racially discriminatory has been settled, with the directory renamed as part of the resolution. Do No Harm, a conservative national nonprofit focused on rejecting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the medical field, sued the former Black Doctors Directory after a white member was denied. As part of the settlement, the directory was been renamed to the WURD Radio Community Health and Wellness Directory, and WURD will expand the database to include doctors “who have demonstrated a commitment to helping underserved patients and communities,” according to Ashanti Martin, WURD’s general manager and interim program director.
“We are pleased that this matter has been closed, and that this valuable online resource will continue to be available to help patients gather important information about potential health care providers and make decisions about where to receive care,” Holly Auer, a Penn Med spokesperson, wrote in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian...
Diversity initiatives in medicine have increasingly experienced funding cuts and legal action, both nationally and in Philadelphia. Drexel University’s medical leadership fellowship that was previously women-only began to admit men after Do No Harm alleged the program violated Title IX. The group has also submitted complaints to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to race-based initiatives at Duke University Health System and Geisinger College of Health Science.
Full story at https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/08/penn-medicine-lawsuit-settlement-wurd-radio-directory-renamed.
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