The Disparities Leadership Program Request for Applications

The Disparities Solutions Center is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Disparities Leadership Program.

The Disparities Leadership Program (DLP) is our year-long, hands-on executive education program focused exclusively on helping health care leaders achieve equity in quality. The program is designed to help you translate the latest understanding of disparities into realistic solutions you can adopt within your organization. Through the DLP, we aim to create leaders prepared to meet the challenges of health care transformation by improving quality for at-risk populations who experience disparities.

The program has three main goals:

  • To equip health care leaders with a rich understanding of the causes of disparities, the vision to implement solutions, and the strategies to transform their organization to deliver high-value health care.

  • To help leaders create strategic plans or projects to advance their work in reducing disparities in a customized way, with practical benefits tailored to every organization. ·

  • To create a professional learning and networking environment for leaders in health care to engage in peer-to-peer learning, crowdsourcing of ideas and strategies for reducing disparities, resource sharing, collaboration, and ongoing support in the form of a national DLP alumni network.

To download a Letter of Intent form and application, please click here.

To read more about the Disparities Leadership Program (DLP), please click here.

To download a PDF of our program description, please click here.

To read more about the evaluation we conducted of the DLP, including four case studies, please click here.

For a list of previous DLP participating organizations, please click here.

For a timeline of the application process and DLP year, please click here.

Interested? Here are several important dates:

  • Intent to Apply (recommended, not required)

    • Friday, March 13, 2020

  • DLP Full Application Due

    • Tuesday, March 31, 2020

  • DLP Applicants Notified

    • Thursday, April 30, 2020

  • Acceptance Deadline

    • Friday, May 15, 2020

  • Tuition Payment Due

    • Monday, Aug. 3, 2020

  • Kick-Off Meeting, Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill, Boston, MA

    • Thursday, Sept. 24 & Friday, Sept. 25, 2020

  • Final Project Presentation at Incoming Class Kick-Off Meeting, Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill, Boston, MA

    • TBD, September 2021

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