Dr. Jasmine R. Marcelin (pronounced Mar-CELL-in) [she/her] is an Infectious Diseases physician, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine and Associate Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious disease, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Dr. Marcelin is the Vice Chair for Equity & Inclusive Excellence in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine where she directs the justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and intentional recruiting strategies. Dr. Marcelin earned her medical degree from American University of Antigua (pronounced An-tee-ga) College of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases training at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, before joining faculty at UNMC in Omaha, Nebraska. A Caribbean native born in Dominica (Pronounced Dom-in-ee-ka), Dr. Marcelin is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar focusing on identifying structural racism and disparities in healthcare and solutions to mitigate them, building a diverse and inclusive healthcare workforce, and the intersection of health equity and infectious diseases. She was the youngest member elected to the IDSA board of directors; she recently completed her term as a director and was a founding member of the IDSA Inclusion, Diversity, Access & Equity (IDA&E) Committee where she played a pivotal role in developing and maintaining principles of IDA&E in IDSA.
Dr. Marcelin is a fierce advocate for health equity and justice for patients and the community, and a champion for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Marcelin has been a trusted messenger of information regarding COVID-19 and vaccines using print, tv, radio, and social media to reach the community. She worked with community leaders to convene a community collaborative of healthcare workers and community members focused on increasing vaccine access to minoritized communities, particularly the North Omaha community. She helped launch the UNMC medical school community engagement day which connects first year students to community partners through education and volunteering as an integral part of their curriculum. From 2019-2024 Dr. Marcelin served as Associate Program Director for the UNMC Internal Medicine Residency, where she led the program’s efforts to center healthcare equity through intentional recruiting of a diverse workforce, and development of a unique justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion curriculum for the residents. Dr. Marcelin has been recognized with numerous institutional and national awards including the UNMC Student Senate Distinguished Mentor Award in 2020, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine “Sir William Osler Teaching Award” in 2021, Women’s Center for Advancement 2021 “Tribute to Women Honoree”, Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators Gold Humanism Scholar award in 2022, UNMC Impact in Education awards for Emerging Educator in 2022 and Inspirational Mentor of Educators in 2023, and in 2024, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine “Diversity & Inclusion Award”, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine “Faculty Clinical Education and Mentoring Award”, and Nebraska ACP “Volunteerism and Community Service Award”.
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