After affirmative action ruling, medical education leaders see silver lining in court endorsement of ‘holistic review’
After having a day to read through the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action, some…
Category: diversity and inclusion
Opinion: The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision puts lives at risk
The past several months have been grim for health in the U.S. In December, the…
Medical leaders decry Supreme Court decision on affirmative action
Medical leaders on Thursday reacted swiftly to the Supreme Court’s decision to severely restrict the…
Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action, a blow to efforts to diversify medical schools
Overturning decades of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the use of…
Opinion: Pregnancy-related death, like Tori Bowie’s, is a far too common occurrence among Black women
The horror stories of Black women dying or coming close to death in childbirth never…
Opinion: How predominantly white hospital leadership teams hurt care for people of color
Last year, my father, a Jamaican immigrant with Medicaid insurance, passed away from a heart…
Academia’s postdoc system is teetering, imperiling efforts to diversify life sciences
For young life scientists hoping to land a prestigious faculty job in academia, postdoctoral research…
Opinion: The agony of finding decent health care for my young-adult daughter with Down syndrome
Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then…
‘A target on my back’: New survey shows racism is a huge problem in nursing
A family nurse practitioner in New York City, Jose M. Maria has come to expect…
Opinion: STAT+: An overlooked way to make participants in clinical trials look more like America
A recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (of which one…
After decades of neglecting women athletes, sport and exercise medicine is finally catching up
When cyclist Alison Tetrick joined the sport’s professional ranks, she received the perks that come…
Human ‘pangenome’ published, with goal of making genomics more useful for diverse populations
An international team of scientists has assembled the first human “pangenome” — an attempt to…
Opinion: Clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatments need to include people with Down syndrome
“I cannot tell you how much it means to me that my extra chromosome might…
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Discrimination lawsuit against HHMI spotlights barriers faced by scientists with disabilities
University of Michigan pediatric neurologist Vivian Cheung made a name for herself studying rare genetic…
In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds
Black people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a…
In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer’s research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains
CHICAGO — When she entered the field of Alzheimer’s research a quarter century ago, Lisa…
Carrying the torch of his slain brother, a Chicago ER doctor struggles against the violence around him
CHICAGO — Abdullah Hassan Pratt is giving a tour of a sheep heart that sits,…
JAMA’s new editor settles in, bringing open access and other changes
ST. LOUIS — It’s been eight months since Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, a general internist, cardiovascular researcher,…
National Academies calls for transforming use of racial and ethnic labels in genetics research
Saying genetics researchers inconsistently and inappropriately use racial and ethnic labels that fail to capture…
Opinion: DEI policies won’t stop discrimination in hiring. That requires fighting unconscious bias
At least on paper, businesses and institutions have achieved equality through thoughtful diversity, equity, and…
Opinion: NIH advances landmark recommendations on disability inclusion and anti-ableism
A diverse and inclusive workforce benefits science and research. But unless it includes people living…
Chief health equity officers are growing more common. But experts say companies need to empower them
A string of high-profile health companies like Teladoc and CVSHealth have hired their first chief…
Ballerina, firefighter, hygienist? Why dentistry needs to start its pipeline with young kids
Dentistry has a diversity problem, and medical and dental experts say the best way to…
‘All the tech in the world doesn’t solve this’: Rare disease experts push biopharma on equity
Over the past few years, the biopharmaceutical industry has revved up efforts to diversify clinical…
STAT+: Nectar bats are ‘wonderful, majestic’ and sugar-obsessed. This researcher wants to know how they stay healthy
Nectar bats may have nature’s biggest sweet tooth. Each night, the creatures scour the jungle…
Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?
When LaShyra “Lash” Nolen was learning about how to recognize signs of Lyme disease in…
Brains of Black Americans age faster, study finds, with racial stressors a likely factor
The brains of Black adults in the U.S. age more quickly than those of white…
Opinion: Better access to amyloid-PET scans won’t reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease
At first glance, it might appear that better access to so-called amyloid-PET scans could compensate…
En la frontera entre Texas y México, nace un audaz plan para diversificar la investigación sobre el Alzheimer
Read in English | Leer en inglés. BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre está en una…
Opinion: Listen: Wheelchair users and Medicare disagree on what’s ‘primarily medical in nature’
Modern wheelchairs have amazing capabilities. At the push of a button, they can position a…
On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Gladys Maestre is on a scouting mission. The Alzheimer’s disease researcher is…
‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings
Like many people who are Black, Kimani Toussaint was concerned when he learned that the…
A team of Oxford and Mexican researchers want to diversify genomic databases. Can they end ‘parachute science,’ too?
MEXICO CITY — Back in 2019, while she worked for the biotech Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Claudia…
The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients
TRIALS AND TRUST: This is the second part of a series on health equity and…
From low pay to workplace culture, obstacles litter the path to diversity in EMS
A single mother, Tashina Hosey quit her job at a Pittsburgh post office when she…
Opinion: A better understanding of human diversity is needed to equitably advance precision medicine
Precision medicine — tailoring a treatment to an individual’s disease — requires understanding the individual’s…
Opinion: I learned up close and personal about the necessity of improving diversity in clinical trials
As the biopharmaceutical industry places increased emphasis on improving the diversity of participants in clinical…
Opinion: 6 ways to bolster FDA’s guidance for diversifying participation in clinical trials
It has been nearly 25 years since the Food and Drug Administration first issued guidance…
There aren’t nearly enough Native American physicians. A crash course in medicine seeks to change that
BOSTON — She’d just used a defibrillator to resuscitate a man whose heart had stopped,…
Vertus Hardiman and the medical tragedies that must not be forgetten
Vertus Hardiman wore a wig for more than 70 years. His hair piece concealed a…
What will it take to level the playing field for Black residents?
This is part two of a STAT investigation on the dismissal of Black doctors from…
‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents
Rosandra Daywalker had always excelled. The daughter of Haitian and Jamaican parents in Miami —…
Listen: Diverse clinical trials: Why aren’t we there yet?
Clinical trials are critical to advancing lifesaving medications and treatments. But the U.S. is falling…
Mistreatment in medical school leads students to leave, with students of color faring the worst
Medical students who report being mistreated or discriminated against are far more likely to drop…
Amazon accessibility researcher says inclusion of people with disabilities is ‘lacking’ in health tech
SAN FRANCISCO — Something as simple as getting a Covid-19 test can be complicated for…
National Academies report cites ‘urgent’ need to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials
The persistent lack of diversity among participants in clinical trials is a critical issue that…
Incoming JAMA editor says the journal’s issues handling race are ‘not unique to JAMA’
In her most pointed public comments since her selection as JAMA editor-in-chief, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo acknowledged…
Opinion: ‘Boards for All?’ Global health organizations and companies aren’t even close
The age, gender, and ethnic diversity of a company or organization’s board is fundamental to…
After accusations of structural racism at JAMA, a Black health-equity advocate is named the journal’s editor
A year after the prestigious medical journal JAMA was embroiled in controversy over a podcast…
‘We don’t have a say’: Siobhan Wescott wants to elevate the voices of Native Americans in public health
As the first endowed professor and director of American Indian health at the University of…