A Diverse Physician-Scientist Pipeline to Fight Structural Racism.

Boghuma K TitanjiTalia H Swartz

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

Translational research plays a pivotal role in leveraging good science to serve humanity. Structural racism and a lack of diversity severely limit our potential as scientists to exert a maximum impact. This moment calls for a renewed commitment to ridding science of racism and bias and promoting diversity, which makes us more effective at innovating and delivering therapeutics to the patients we serve.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
public health
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
emergency department
newly diagnosed
primary care
peritoneal dialysis
small molecule
patient reported outcomes
climate change
data analysis