Our Culture

Leveraging our community, building on excellence

We are committed to excellence in science, collaboration, and community. We believe that building a strong scientific community is central to that commitment.  When we create an environment where differences are celebrated and people are empowered, then curiosity-driven science and innovation truly thrive.

Bioengineering JEDI Taskforce

The Bioengineering department has a team representing each constituent group that makes up our department (faculty, staff, graduate students, post-doctoral students, undergraduate students and department leadership) working to improve and increase community engagement broadly. This task force meets quarterly to collaborate and empower our department to pursue initiatives that positively impact our community. Representatives from the task force keep each affiliated group informed on what we are working on and, likewise, serve as representatives for each group to advocate for ways to help and support the faculty, staff, graduate, post-doctoral and undergraduate students in our community.  

Current BioE Taskforce Members (Internal)

Cross-collaborations

Stanford BioE supports and strives to enrich all communities we belong to. From our energized students and faculty to our collaborative staff, we participate in initiatives and programs to positively impact life at Stanford and beyond. We help to create process improvement through professional development, support, and participation in university and school-wide programs, as well as sharing resources and collaborating with others in the Stanford community. We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging right here in our department and through connection with people and programs throughout School and University levels.  

• LEADING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT Our staff have participated in multiple lean launch projects and pilot programs aimed at improving administrative and financial processes.
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Our department routinely sponsors participation in professional development activities for students and staff, including career and interpersonal skill coaching, conferences, and mentoring. Students lend a hand through undergraduate peer advising (internal link) and teaching assistant positions (internal link), boosting their own skills while supporting others.
• ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing mentorship and guidance for students to guide them successfully along their academic path. Students are provided with a multitude of support resources (internal link).
• EXPANSION OF OUR WORK FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT through participation in university and school-wide programs such as the SoM Staff JEDI Collective and the Stanford Engineering's staff group, SoE Connect our department works to support these efforts broadly to benefit all university faculty, staff, and students.

Stories and voices