Our institutional values – integrity, collaboration, inclusion, professionalism and empathy – are the guiding principles that define who we are as an organization. They are essential to fulfilling our mission to advance groundbreaking research, train the next generation of biomedical engineers, and cultivate healthier communities locally and globally. We are committed to fostering a community where a diversity of opinions and backgrounds, including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity and orientation, ability, religion, and country of origin, is welcomed and celebrated. Our laboratories have students and postdocs representing more than 30 countries around the world. As a group of scientists with a diverse set of backgrounds, we are united in our mission to speak out against racism and intolerance both within academia and in society. We are dedicated to understanding and challenging our own unconscious biases, and to educating ourselves about the challenges that other individuals may face in order to nurture an inclusive workplace.