# Training Modules at Wayne State University to Promote Safe and Inclusive Environments

> **NIH NIH T32** · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $50,400

## Abstract

Abstract
Wayne State University (WSU) is a pre-eminent, public, urban research university with a demonstrated
commitment to excellence grounded in its active engagement in initiatives that have enhanced diversity,
achieved increased equity, and started to build a culture of inclusion for its students and community. The
National Institutes of Health recognize this commitment through the support of institution-wide initiatives such
as the Wayne State Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), now in its 43rd year, and more
recently, ReBUILDetroit, a collaboration for Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) in the
biomedical sciences in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Despite excellent infrastructure, resources, and our
decades old demonstrated and active commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), these frameworks
have not been as successful in supporting the graduate student experience, limiting the university's ability to
reach its full potential in research and scholarship in the biomedical sciences. Located in the heart of one of the
most diverse cities in the USA, Detroit, Michigan, WSU is uniquely positioned and committed to the restorative
and sustainable reconstruction of its structures and a shift in its culture to recruit, retain, and support the
success of graduate students from marginalized groups who are committed to DEI. In alignment with the
overall mission of WSU, the university is currently creating and implementing a model for inclusive excellence
that will be piloted in the biomedical sciences. The leaders of this initiative, the Deans of the Schools of
Medicine and Graduate School along with the Vice President for Research, as well as the broader university
community are committed to a restorative approach to the achievement of equity and the creation of an
environment in which the talent of all individuals with the ability and desire to achieve can reach its full
potential. The integration of restorative practices and equity-mindedness into inclusive excellence was
developed by this team to best serve the unique needs of WSU. Restorative practices are grounded in
restorative justice and help to reduce bullying, improve human behavior, strengthen civil society, provide
effective leadership, restore relationships, and repair harm. In many of our nation's institutions, this approach
which can transform the experience of all constituencies and create sustained structures, policies, and
procedures that are foundational for inclusive excellence, must be grounded in the restoration of the institutions
and their people to a sense of belonging, hence restorative inclusive excellence (RIE). This supplement will be
utilized to develop the curriculum needed for institutional transformation to support RIE, specifically in graduate
education, through a series of online training modules and workshops.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10393898
- **Project number:** 3T32GM139807-01S1
- **Recipient organization:** WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Christine S Chow
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $50,400
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-02-01 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10393898

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10393898, Training Modules at Wayne State University to Promote Safe and Inclusive Environments (3T32GM139807-01S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10393898. Licensed CC0.

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