Arkene Levy

Arkene Levy is a Jamaican Native who moved to South Florida in 2015. She currently serves as an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion for the Dr Kiran C Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in sunny Florida. In her role as DEI Director, Arkene has mentored students in research related to health disparities, race equity and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex (LGBTQI+) cultural competency. She has presented and published her DEI work at the regional and national level including the International Association of Medical Sciences Educators (IAMSE) and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) National conferences. Arkene is currently a member of the AAMC Group on Diversity and Southern Group on Educational Affairs, as well as IAMSE. She is a founding member of the DEI working group for the Florida Council of Deans and also serves as Co-Co-Chair of the South Florida Community Coalition which focuses on opioid and substance use prevention education for at-risk youth. Dr Levy is currently PI and Co-PI for several DEI-related grants including a Florida Blue foundation grant for opioid abuse prevention awareness and IAMSE curricular innovation grants focused on LGBTQ Proficiency and mitigating imposter phenomenon in diverse medical student populations.