The Department of Neonatology is thrilled to celebrate Yarden Fraiman, MD, MPH, who received the Academic Pediatric Association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Emerging Leader Award.

This prestigious honor is granted to individuals who have demonstrated developing expertise in DEI-related activities and meaningful impact in academic medicine. Dr. Fraiman earned this recognition through his multifaceted commitment to health equity across clinical, research, and educational domains.

He serves as Associate Director for Health Equity and leads the Neonatal Health Equity and Justice “JUST Babies” Committee. His research program focuses on structural and institutional drivers of inequity during the neonatal period and across the life-course. Dr. Yarden also co-leads the CORE (Community, Opportunity, Recruitment, and Education) Committee of the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Program, ensuring the next generation of physicians is trained with equity at the forefront.